uyghur
/ˈwiˌɡʊɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A member of a Turkic ethnic group living in northwestern China and southeastern Kazakhstan.
adj
Of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language.
Example Sentences
- "A new U.S. congressional committee on China will hold its second hearing on Thursday, seeking to highlight what Washington says is an ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang region. Rights groups accuse Beijing of abuses, including forced labor, mass surveillance and the placement of 1 million or more Uyghurs - a mainly Muslim ethnic group - in a network of internment camps in Xinjiang."
- "Hotan is located in southern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It is an oasis town in the Tarim Basin, north of the Kunlun Mountains and south of the Taklamakan Desert. Hotan Prefecture is a multinational area: 96 percent Uyghur and 3 percent Han."
- "The purpose of this Act is to direct United States resources to address human rights violations and abuses, including gross violations of human rights, by the Government of the People’s Republic of China through the mass surveillance and internment of over 1,000,000 Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region."
Etymology
From Uyghur ئۇيغۇر (uyghur). Introduced as part of national delimitation in the Soviet Union, reviving the name used by the Uyghur Khaganate. See Uyghurs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Word Breakdown
- Root: ئۇيغۇر
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwiˌɡʊɹ/
- British English: /ˈwiːɡʊə/
Inflected Forms
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Phrases
Wiktionary’s coverage of Uyghur terms
Frequently Paired Words
Uyghuristan
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