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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ürümqi¹

First recorded in 1910–15 in spelling Urumchi; from Mongolian: literally, “Beautiful Pasture”

Example Sentences

There are deep-seated tensions in China—the riots in Tibet last year and in Urumqi this summer being only two recent examples.

From The Daily Beast