Kashi

American  

[kah-shee, kash-ee] / ˈkɑˈʃi, ˈkæʃ i /

noun

Pinyin.

1. a city in western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China.

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Kashi British  

/ ˈkɑːʃˈɡɑː, ˈkɑːˈʃiː /

noun

1. an oasis city in W China, in W Xinjiang. Pop: 318 000 (2005 est)

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Etymology

Origin of Kashi

From Chinese Kāshí, shortening of Kāshígà'ěr, from Uyghur Qeshqer “New Town”

Example Sentences

Known as “the corridor” and opened a year ago, the project connects the Kashi Vishwanath Temple, dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, to the riverfront a quarter-mile away.

From New York Times

It is not easy to get into the complex, at the top of Mr. Modi’s new corridor, where the 17th-century white-domed Gyanvapi Mosque abuts the Kashi Vishwanath Temple.

From New York Times

A worker stands on a temple rooftop adjacent to the Gyanvapi Mosque ahead of the inauguration of the new Kashi Vishwanath Temple corridor by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the northern city of Varanasi, India, December 12, 2021.

From Reuters

The Gyanvapi mosque, with its white domes and minarets, rises out of a dense neighborhood in Varanasi next to the gold-spired Kashi Vishwanath temple, dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.

From Washington Post

But in 2017, the BJP overwhelmingly won the Uttar Pradesh state elections for the first time in decades with a more overtly religious platform: The party pledged the controversial construction of a temple to the Hindu god Ram in Ayodhya, on the site of a 16th-century mosque that had been demolished by a Hindu mob in 1992, and promised a grand renovation of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi.

From Washington Post