Xinjiang

See also: Xīnjiāng

English

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 (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)
• Azerbaijani: Sintszyan
• Belarusian: Сіньцзя́н m (Sinʹczján)
• Bulgarian: Синдзя́н m (Sindzján)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 新疆 (san¹ goeng¹)

  Mandarin: 新疆 (zh) (Xīnjiāng)

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

• Ürümqi, Wulumuqi, Urumchi
• Uyghur

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Xinjiang m

1. Alternative form of Sinkiang