Bostan

See also: bostan and bòstan

English

Map including Bostan, Hotan Prefecture (lower left) (DMA, 1990)

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur بوستان (bostan).

Proper noun

Bostan

1. A town in Toksun, Turpan prefecture, Xinjiang, China, formerly a township
   • 2021 March 15, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Xinjiang Authorities Detain Head of Township Education Committee”, in Radio Free Asia‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 March 2021:

     It was not immediately clear why Tursun, who the officer said lives in Toksun’s Bostan township, was assigned to work in Kömüsh.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Bostan.
2. A township in Qira, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
   • 2014, Zulati Litifu, “An Application of Developing Renewable Energy in an Extreme Arid and Energy-Scarce Area in Tarim Desert”, in Energy Procedia‎^[2], volume 61, →DOI, page 2710:

     Figure a is the typical interconnection of power system of township branches taking Noor power satiation as example.
     Figure b is the typical interconnection of power system of village terminals taking Bostan township village as example.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Bostan.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Bositan

Translations

town; township

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 博斯坦 (Bósītǎn)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: بوستان (bostan)

Anagrams

• Abston, Baston, Batson, baston, batons, bâtons, tabons

Romanian

Etymology

From bostan.

Proper noun

Bostan m (genitive/dative lui Bostan)

1. a surname