Xinjiang

Etymology 1
From the romanization of the  Chinese pronunciation for, from  +.

Proper noun




Usage notes
This term is rejected by Uyghur independence activists due to the fact that it is a name given by the Chinese state. Instead, the term East Turkestan is used, which reflects their desire to have a homeland exclusively for Turkic peoples.

Translations

 * Arabic: شِينْجْيَانْغ, شِينْجْيَانْغ
 * Armenian: Սինծիան
 * Azerbaijani: Sintszyan
 * Belarusian: Сіньцзя́н
 * Bulgarian: Синдзя́н
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 新疆
 * Eastern Min: 新疆
 * Hakka: 新疆
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: Sin-ťiang
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Ŝjinĝjiango
 * Finnish: Sinkiang, Xinjiang
 * French:
 * Georgian: სინძიანი
 * German: Sinkiang
 * Greek: Σιντσιάνγκ
 * Hindi: शिंजियांग, शिनच्यांग
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese: 新疆
 * Kazakh: Шынжаң
 * Korean:, 신강(新疆)
 * Kyrgyz: Шинжаң
 * Latvian: Siņdzjana
 * Lithuanian: Sindziangas
 * Macedonian: Шјинџјианг
 * Manchu: ᡳᠴᡝ ᠵᡝᠴᡝᠨ
 * Mongolian: Шинжаан, Шиньжян
 * Ossetian: шинжанг
 * Persian: سین‌کیانگ
 * Polish: Sinkiang
 * Portuguese: Xinjiang, Sinkiang, Sinquião
 * Russian: Синьцзя́н
 * Sarikoli: šinjun, шинҷон
 * Shughni: шинҷон
 * Spanish: Xinjiang, Sinkiang
 * Swedish: Xinjiang, Sinkiang
 * Tajik: Шинҷон, Шинҷонг
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: ซินเจียง
 * Tibetan: ཤིན་ཅང
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: Hinjiýan
 * Ukrainian: Сіньцзя́н
 * Uyghur: شىنجاڭ
 * Uzbek: Shinjong, Sinszyan
 * Vietnamese:
 * Xibe: ᠰᡞ᠌ᠨ᠋ᡪᡞ᠌ᠶᠠᡢ
 * Yagnobi: Шинҷонг, Шинҷон
 * Zhuang: Sinhgyangh

Etymology 2
From the romanization of the  Chinese pronunciation for.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Japanese:

Etymology
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