Ürümqi

or U·rum·chi, U·rum·tsi

[ y-rym-chee ]

noun
  1. a city in and the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China.

Origin of Ürümqi

1
First recorded in 1910–15 in spelling Urumchi; from Mongolian: literally, “Beautiful Pasture”
  • Formerly (Pinyin) Di·hua, (Wade-Giles) Ti·hua, (Older Spelling) Ti·hwa [dee-hwah] /ˈdiˈʰwɑ/ .
  • Also (Pinyin) Wu·lu·mu·qi, (Wade-Giles) Wu·lu·mu·chi [wy-ly-my-chœ] /ˈwüˈlüˈmüˈtʃœ/ .

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