K'u-ch'e

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Kuche (Kuqa) alt-of, alternative

    "A so-called "Ferghana Series" of oil-bearing strata runs into Kashgaria from Russian Turkestan and extends along the foot of the T'ien Shan past Aqsu to Kucha (K'u-ch'e). What may be an extension of this same series reappears again in the region of the Sinkiang North Road."

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"A so-called "Ferghana Series" of oil-bearing strata runs into Kashgaria from Russian Turkestan and extends along the foot of the T'ien Shan past Aqsu to Kucha (K'u-ch'e). What may be an extension of this same series reappears again in the region of the Sinkiang North Road."

Etymology

From Mandarin 庫車 /库车 (Kùchē), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻu⁴-chʻe¹.

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