Xinjiang

See also: Xīnjiāng

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade-Giles) Hsin-chiang
• Hsin-kiang

Etymology

From Mandarin 新疆 (Xīnjiāng, “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 (official English language name: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region) of the People's Republic of China located in the western part of the nation.
   • 2020, Laura Zhou, “Marco Rubio urges US Congress to pass Uygur bill to counter China’s crackdown in Xinjiang”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1]:

     Since early 2017, the Chinese government has reportedly detained some 1 million Uygurs and other largely Muslim ethnic minorities in mass internment camps in Xinjiang, where inmates are subjected to political indoctrination. Beijing claims the facilities are “vocational training centres” and says they are a legitimate response to the threat of religious extremism.

Synonyms

• Sinkiang
• Chinese Turkestan (can variously refer to Xinjiang as a whole or to portions of Xinjiang)
• East Turkestan, East Turkistan

Translations

autonomous region of China

• Arabic: شِينْجْيَانْغ‎ m (šinjyang), شِينْجْيَانْغ‎ m (šinjyanḡ)
• Armenian: Սինծիան (Sincian)
• Azerbaijani: Sintszyan
• Belarusian: Сіньцзя́н m (Sinʹczján)
• Bulgarian: Синдзя́н m (Sindzján)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 新疆 (san¹ goeng¹)

  Hakka: 新疆 (Sîn-kiông)

  Mandarin: 新疆 (zh) (Xīnjiāng)

  Min Dong: 新疆 (Sĭng-giŏng)

• Czech: Sin-ťiang m
• Finnish: Sinkiang, Xinjiang
• French: Xinjiang (fr) m
• Georgian: სინძიანი (sinʒiani)
• German: Sinkiang n
• Greek: Σιντσιάνγκ (Sintsiángk)
• Hindi: शिंजियांग m (śiñjiyāṅg), शिनच्यांग (śinacyāṅg)
• Hungarian: Ujgúria, Hszincsiang
• Japanese: 新疆 (しんきょう, Shinkyō)
• Kazakh: Шинжәң (Şïnjäñ), Шинжяң (Şïnjyañ)
• Korean: 신장 (Sinjang) (新疆), 신강 (sin-gang)
• Kyrgyz: Шинжаң (Şincañ)
• Latvian: Siņdzjana

• Lithuanian: Sindziangas
• Macedonian: Сјинџианг m (Sjindžiang)
• Manchu: ᡳᠴᡝ
  ᠵᡝᠴᡝᠨ (ice jecen)
• Mongolian: Шинжаан (Šinžaan), Шиньжян (Šinʹžjan)
• Persian: سین‌کیانگ‎ (sin-kiyâng)
• Polish: Sinkiang m
• Portuguese: Xinjiang, Sinkiang, Sinquião m
• Russian: Синьцзя́н m (Sinʹczján)
• Spanish: Xinjiang m
• Swedish: Xinjiang n, (obsolete) Sinkiang
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ซินเจียง (sin-jiiang)
• Tibetan: ཤིན་ཅང (shin cang)
• Turkish: Sincan (tr)
• Turkmen: Hinjiýan
• Ukrainian: Сіньцзя́н m (Sinʹczján)
• Uyghur: شىنجاڭ‎ (shinjang)
• Uzbek: Shinjong, Sinszyan
• Vietnamese: Tân Cương (vi) (新疆 (vi))
• Xibe: ᠰᡞ᠌ᠨ᠋ᡪᡞ᠌ᠶᠠᡢ (sinjiyang)
• Zhuang: Sinhgyangh

See also

• (misspelling) Xingjiang
• Ürümqi, Wulumuqi, Urumchi
• Uyghur
• Altishahr

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Xinjiang m

1. Alternative form of Sinkiang