Hotan
Americannoun
-
an oasis in western China, in southwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
-
the chief city in this oasis.
noun
-
an oasis in W China, in the Taklimakan Shamo desert of central Xinjiang, around the seasonal Hotan River
-
the chief town of this oasis, situated at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains. Pop: 114 000 (2006 est)
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
New Delhi was fourth while Pakistan's Lahore and China's Hotan topped the list.
From Reuters
China had just one city - Hotan - in the world’s top 10 for worst air.
From Washington Times
China had just one city — Hotan — in the world’s top 10 for worst air.
From Seattle Times
Hotan, the only Chinese city in the top 20, followed Lahore with PM2.5 levels of 94.3, an improvement from 101.5 in 2021.
From Reuters
In the summer of 2015, for example, the first administrative order banning Islamic names in Hotan, China, was issued.
From Salon
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
