Qira

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  1. 1
    A county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

    "Passing through Qira County on our way, we were asked to stay by Wang Yijun, Director of the Office of the County Party Committee. He said he was an amateur archaeologist and an old acquaintance of Li Yuchun’s. In 1978 the two men had gone together to the desert in northern Qira County to survey a buried ancient city."

  2. 2
    A town in Qira, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
  3. 3
    A township in Qira, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

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celets'e-lets'e-lotselo

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"Passing through Qira County on our way, we were asked to stay by Wang Yijun, Director of the Office of the County Party Committee. He said he was an amateur archaeologist and an old acquaintance of Li Yuchun’s. In 1978 the two men had gone together to the desert in northern Qira County to survey a buried ancient city."

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur چىرا (chira).

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