Wushi

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of 烏什／乌什 (Wūshí).

Proper noun

Wushi

  1. Synonym of Uqturpan.
    • 2014, Li Xinping (李欣凭), Modern Xinjiang (活力新疆)‎, Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 201:
      On February 5, 2005, an earthquake of the magnitude of 6.2 occurred in Wushi County; on July 20, 2007, an earthquake of the magnitude 5.7 happened in Tekesi County; on March 21, 2008, another earthquake of the magnitude of 7.3 occurred in Yutian—Celle... There were 36 earthquakes of over the magnitude of 5 from 2004 to 2009, but none of those seismic resistance houses had collapsed.
    • 2014 February 14, Blanchard, Ben; Arshad Mohammed, “China says 11 'terrorists' killed in new Xinjiang unrest”, in Gareth Jones, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 16 August 2022, World News:
      “The terrorists, riding motorbikes and cars, attacked a team of police who were gathering before the gate of a park for routine patrol at around 4 p.m. in Wushi County in the Aksu Prefecture,” Xinhua said in an English-language report. […]
      Wushi lies close to China’s border with Kyrgyzstan.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wushi.

Translations
Uqturpan — see Uqturpan

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