wushi

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

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Synonym of Uqturpan: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

"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."

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

Wu-shih (alternative)

Uqturpan

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