Chinese Turkestan

noun

1. the E part of the central Asian region of Turkestan: corresponds generally to the present-day Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China

Example Sentences

Chinese Turkestan along the meridian of Kashgar (76 E.) has a breadth of but 250 m.

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The remarkable phenomenon of the periodic Chinese Turkestan and Oxus basin.

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This, together with commercial interests, seems to have been the political motive of the Chinese Turkestan policy under the T'ang.

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Joe had been scheduled to observe some of the combat taking place in Chinese Turkestan with nomad rebels.

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In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan; being the record of three years' exploration.

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