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  • proper noun A city in Xinjiang, China.

Etymologies

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From Uyghur قەشقەر (K̡ǝxk̡ǝr)

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Examples

  • Posts on China's Twitter-like microblogs largely appeared to support a harsh government response to the attacks, but censors later banned messages using the word "Kashgar," effectively closing off debate.

    NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL WINES 2011

  • Posts on China's Twitter-like microblogs largely appeared to support a harsh government response to the attacks, but censors later banned messages using the word "Kashgar," effectively closing off debate.

    NYT > Global Home By MICHAEL WINES 2011

  • I have seen places that I might not have otherwisesomething that kept recurring to me when I was on the movie set in Kashgar, in remote western China.

    Khaled Hosseini - An interview with author 2010

  • Since Afghanistan is busy with war these days, they had to film it in Kashgar, China, which is in the far west of Xinjiang province.

    Archive 2008-02-01 2008

  • I found it whilst looking thru the oldest known Turkish dictionary, Divanü Lugati't-Türk by Mahmud of Kashgar, which is dating from the late 11th century.

    Yogrum: a new Turkish blog AYDIN 2008

  • I found it whilst looking thru the oldest known Turkish dictionary, Divanü Lugati't-Türk by Mahmud of Kashgar, which is dating from the late 11th century.

    Archive 2008-08-01 AYDIN 2008

  • Last week, two small blasts hit the city of Kashgar, which is dominated by Uighurs.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Last week, two small blasts hit the city of Kashgar, which is dominated by Uighurs.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • In a 2008 book called Kashgar: Oasis City on China's Old Silk Road, architect and historian George Michell called the Old City "the best-preserved example of a traditional Islamic city to be found anywhere in Central Asia."

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2009

  • The writings of Marco Polo mentioned exotic cities such as Kashgar and Tashkurgan, not far from the 4,800-meter-high Khunjerab Pass leading to Pakistan.

    The Usual Suspects? 2007

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