Dihua

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Former name of Ürümqi.

    "The first stop they made in China was at the garrison city of Dihua, the Chinese Turkestan capital, where Wang Ming and Hang called on the local warlord, Sheng Shicai."

Example

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"The first stop they made in China was at the garrison city of Dihua, the Chinese Turkestan capital, where Wang Ming and Hang called on the local warlord, Sheng Shicai."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 迪化 (Díhuà).

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