Ürümqi

See also: Urumqi

English

Map including ÜRÜMQI (DMA, 1990)

Alternative forms

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 Xinjiang, China.
    • 1988, Domrös, Manfred; Peng Gongbing, “Circulation”, in The Climate of China‎, 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, MacManus, Richard, “China's Twitter Clones”, in The New York Times‎, →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.
  2. A county of Ürümqi city, Xinjiang, China.

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Further reading

Uyghur

Proper noun

Ürümqi

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