Turpan

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  1. 1
    A prefecture-level city of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

    "In a corner of Mongolia near Turkestan, at Turpan, in an excavation, old boots have been found which were repaired with kid palimpsests of the third century, A. D., — a literal example of the truth marching into benighted Cathay."

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t'u-lu-fantulufan

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"Turpan grapes are famous worldwide."

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur تۇرپان (turpan).

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