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    SINKIANG

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur peopleplay

    Synonyms:

    Sinkiang; Xinjiang; Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)

    Meronyms (members of "Sinkiang"):

    Uighur; Uigur; Uygur (a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas)

    Domain member region:

    East Turkestan Islamic Movement; East Turkistan Islamic Movement (a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang; declared by China in 2001 to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression)

    Holonyms ("Sinkiang" is a part of...):

    Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)

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