Tulufan

See also: Tǔlǔfān

English

Alternative forms

(from Wade–Giles) T'u-lu-fan

Etymology

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 吐魯番／吐鲁番 (Tǔlǔfān).

Proper noun

Tulufan

Synonym of Turfan
- 1986, Michel T. Halbouty, editor, Future Petroleum Provinces of the World‎, Tulsa, OK: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, →ISBN, page 511:
  The Tulufan basin has well-developed source, reservoir, and trapping conditions, and early formed structures. These make it a favorable area for oil and gas accumulation and enrichment.

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