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Xinjiang

xin·jiang

UK/ˈʃɪnˈt͡ʃ(j)ɑŋ/ US/ˈʃin-/ uncommon

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an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People''s Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people

Origin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 新疆 (Xīnjiāng, “new territory, new frontier”), from 新 (xīn, “new”) + 疆 (jiāng, “territory, border, frontier”).

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