Ürümqi

See also: Urumqi

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur ئۈرۈمچى (ürümchi) via its official SASM/GNC/SRC romanization. See there for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʊˈrʊmt͡ʃi/, /uːˈɹuːmt͡ʃi/
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Proper noun

Ürümqi

  1. A prefecture-level city, the capital of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • 1988, Manfred Domrös, Peng Gongbing, “Circulation”, in The Climate of China‎[1], Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 36:
      As also proved from statistical figures, different wind conditions are established over some marginal parts of China. Harbin/15, which records 50% of all directions from SE, S and SW, underlines atypical wind conditions which exist over northeastern China. The same is true for Lhasa/239 which experiences 44% of all directions from NE, E and SE, and Ürümqi/269 which records 38% of all winds with a southern component. These three stations demonstrate rare wind conditions which do not coincide with the typical northern winds in winter.
    • 2010 March 4, Richard MacManus, “China's Twitter Clones”, in The New York Times‎[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 April 2023, Technology:
      Fanfou, Jiwai and Digu were some of the first Twitter clones to become successful in China. However all three - plus Twitter itself - were blocked by the Chinese government in July 2009, due to their usage during the uprisings in Ürümqi.
    • 2020 January 29, Adam Schreck, Elaine Kurtenbach, David Koenig, “More airlines drop flights to China as virus spreads”, in AP News‎[3], archived from the original on 15 April 2021‎[4]:
      Before the Wednesday’s suspension, there were 24 flights a week from Kazakhstan to China, including a daily flight to Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang.
  2. A county of Ürümqi city, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • [2023 February 21, Shohret Hoshur, “China arrests family of Kazakh singer supposedly contacted by foreign reporter”, in RFA Uyghur, transl., edited by Eugene Whong and Malcolm Foster, Radio Free Asia‎[5], archived from the original on 22 February 2023‎[6]:
      Another officer from the police station in Benfangguo Bazar in Urumqi county confirmed that the station was currently detaining Zhanargul’s mother, elder sister, and two elder brothers, but could not confirm or deny that their detainment had anything to do with Zhanargul’s.]

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Uyghur

Proper noun

Ürümqi

  1. Latin (UYY) transcription of ئۈرۈمچى (ürümchi)
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