Xinjiang

See also: Xīnjiāng

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 新疆 / Xīnjiāng (literally “new territory, new frontier”), from 新 / xīn (“new”) + 疆 / jiāng (“territory, border, frontier”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪnˈdʒjæŋ/

Proper noun

Xinjiang

1. A sparsely populated autonomous region (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) of the People's Republic of China located in the western part of of the nation.

Synonyms

• Sinkiang (obsolete)

Translations

autonomous region of China

• Arabic: شِينْجْيَانْغ‎ m (šinjyang), شِينْجْيَانْغ‎ m (šinjyanḡ)
• Belarusian: Сіньцзя́н m (Sinʹczján)
• Bulgarian: Синдзя́н m (Sindzján)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新疆 (zh) (Xīnjiāng)

• Czech: Sin-ťiang m
• Finnish: Sinkiang, Xinjiang
• French: Xinjiang (fr) m
• German: Sinkiang n
• Hindi: शिनच्यांग (śincyāṅg)
• Japanese: 新疆 (しんきょう, Shinkyō)
• Kazakh: Шинжәң (Şïnjäñ), Шинжяң (Şïnjyañ)
• Korean: 신장 (ko) (Sinjang) (新疆)
• Kyrgyz: Шинжаң (Şincañ)
• Macedonian: Сји́нџианг m (Sjíndžiang)

• Mongolian: Шинжаан (Šinžaan)
• Persian: سین‌کیانگ‎ (Sin-kiyâng)
• Polish: Sinkiang m
• Portuguese: Xinjiang, Sinkiang, Sinquião m
• Russian: Синьцзя́н m (Sinʹczján)
• Spanish: Xinjiang m
• Swedish: Xinjiang (sv) n, (obsolete) Sinkiang
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ซินเจียง (sin jiang)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: Sincan (tr)
• Ukrainian: Сіньцзя́н m (Sinʹczján)
• Uyghur: شىنجاڭ‎ (shinjang)
• Uzbek: Shinjong
• Vietnamese: Tân Cương (vi) (新疆 (vi))

See also

• Ürümqi, Wulumuqi, Urumchi
• Uyghur

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Xinjiang m

1. Alternative form of Sinkiang