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Guma

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  1. 1
    Synonym of Pishan.

    "In Guma County, on the foothills of the Kunlun, in the locality of Kulan-Aryk, Sanju, etc., are between 300 and 350 persons affiliated to the Naiman, Teyit, Kesek, Boston and other groups ."

  2. 2
    A gewog of Punakha District, Bhutan.
  3. 3
    A town in Pishan, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

    "He started by asking the elders and officials whether they knew of the discovery of any old books in the desert around Guma. Nobody had. Of the list of sites which Islam Akhun had included in his itinerary published by Hoernle, only two were known to them. As both lay close to Guma, Stein rode out to inspect them."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Uyghur گۇما (guma).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dzongkha གུ་མ་ (gu ma).

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