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

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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Xinjiang m

Alternative form of Sinkiang

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