Qiemo

See also: qièmò

English

Map including Qiemo (DMA, 1990)

Alternative forms

(from Wade-Giles) Chiehmo, Ch'ieh-mo

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 且末 (Qiěmò).

Proper noun

Qiemo

A county of Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
- 2012, Simon Foster, Candice Lee, Jen Lin-Liu, Beth Reiber, Tini Tran, Lee Wing-sze, and Christopher D. Winnan, Frommer's China‎, 5th edition, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 329:
  These buses stop at the oasis towns of Keriya (Yutian; 177km/110 miles; 3 hr.; ¥25), Niya (Minfeng; 294km/182 miles; 5 hr.; ¥55), and Charchan (Qiemo; 603km/374 miles; 8-10 hr.; ¥105-¥147).
- 2019, “Jujube harvest festival held in Qiemo County, China's Xinjiang”, in Li Xia, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎:
  
  Actors perform during a jujube harvest festival in Qiemo County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 19, 2019. Qiemo County, situated in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin and on the edge of the Tarim Basin, is known for high-quality jujube production.
A town in Qiemo, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

Synonyms

(from Mandarin Chinese) Jumo, Chü-mo
(from Uyghur) Qarqan, Charchan, Cherchen, Jerjen

Translations

county in Xinjiang, China

Chinese:
Mandarin: 且末 (zh) (Qiěmò)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can

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