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”