Definition of Uygur in English :

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Uygur

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Noun

1. uighur, uigur, uygur

a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas

2. uighur, uigur, uygur

the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China

3. uighur, uigur, uygur

the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Uygur

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noun
an administrative division of NW China: established in 1955 for the Uygur ethnic minority, with autonomous subdivisions for other small minorities; produces over half China's wool and contains valuable mineral resources. Capital: Urumqi. Pop: 19 340 000 (2003 est). Area: 1 646 799 sq km (635 829 sq miles)

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