Dongxiang
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A member of an ethnic group of Gansu Province in China.
"The Dongxiangs are Islamic and share much in common with the Hui nationality people in their customs."
- 1 An autonomous county of Linxia prefecture, Gansu, China.
"The most recent census found 513,000 Dongxiang people in China, and an overwhelming majority live in and around Dongxiang County. Of the 25 townships in the county, 19 do not have a single Chinese person. Most people do not speak Chinese, and some, like Mr. Tie, have only a vague notion of China, despite living in the middle of it."
- 2 A township in Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
- 3 The Mongolic language traditionally spoken by these people.
- 4 An island of Dongxiang, Pingtan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Synonyms
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More examples"The Dongxiangs are Islamic and share much in common with the Hui nationality people in their customs."
Etymology
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東鄉 /东乡 (Dōngxiāng).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東庠 /东庠 (Dōngxiáng).
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.