Wujiaqu

See also: Wǔjiāqú

English

Map including Wujiaqu (DMA, 1990)

Alternative forms

• Wu-chia-chu (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 五家渠 (Wǔjiāqú).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wuːd͡ʒiɑːˈt͡ʃuː/

Proper noun

Wujiaqu

1. A county-level city in northern Xinjiang, China.
   • [1969, Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East Weekly Supplement‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6:

     On the farms in Altai, Ili, Tahcheng, Burtala, Shihotzu and Wuchiachu in Northern Sinkiang members of the farms at temperatures of 20 degrees below zero have built irrigation canals, sunk wells, collected and carted manure and[...]]

   • 1998, James D. Seymour, Richard Anderson, New Ghosts Old Ghosts Prisons and Labor Reform Camps in China‎^[2], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 58:

     Most bingtuan prisons have a small number of former civilian bingtuan members who have been convicted of crimes. There are also contingents of regular native Xinjiang prisoners, including some who were transferred to the prisons of the First Division after 1985. Yang Zhenhua, p. 416. We believe that the Sixth Division in Wujiaqu also has Xinjiang prisoners.

   • 2007, Geoff Tibballs, Ripley's Believe It or Not! 2008‎^[3], Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 177, column 2:

     This spider with markings on its back resembling a human face was found in the city of Wujiaqu in northwestern China in April 2006.

   • 2013 December 27, Alissa Ambrose, “2013: The year in photos”, in CBS News‎^[4], archived from the original on 19 June 2021:

     A residential compound is seen during a smoggy day in Wujiaqu, Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region, Nov. 19, 2013.

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

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 五家渠 (zh) (Wǔjiāqú)

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Further reading

• Wujiaqu at Google Ngram Viewer