Uygur

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Uyghur. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language wordnet
  3. 3
    the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China wordnet
  4. 4
    a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Uyghur. alt-of, alternative

    "He recalled that the big hill which served as their backdrop—the one that was always there despite the changing dunes—was known as Mazhatage, which was the Uygur word for “tomb.”"

Example

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"He recalled that the big hill which served as their backdrop—the one that was always there despite the changing dunes—was known as Mazhatage, which was the Uygur word for “tomb.”"

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.