Kashgar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: kăshʹgär
Forms: form: Cascar
form: Cashgar
form: Cashkar
form: Kaschgar
form: Kashghar
form: Kâshghar
form: Kāshghar
Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Кашга́р (Kašgár), from Persian کَاشْغَر (kâšġar).
Senses: examples: text: The China Earthquake Administration (CEA) said the quake occurred in the remote Taxkorgan County area of Kashgar Prefecture at a depth of 8 km (5 miles).
ref: 2017 May 11, Adam Jourdan, “Eight killed when magnitude 5.5 earthquake hits China's northwest”, in Paul Tait, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2025:
text: In one year, Kashgar Prefecture, which has a population of 4 million, has carried out mandatory checks for practically its entire population, said Yang Yanfeng, deputy director of Kashgar’s propaganda department. She characterized the checkups as a public health success story, not a security measure.
ref: 2017 December 17, Gerry Shih, “AP Exclusive: Digital police state shackles Chinese minority”, in AP News, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2022:
text: In addition, in January 2019, the Hong Kong-based security services company Frontier Services Group (FSG) announced on its website that it had signed an agreement with local XUAR officials to build a training facility in Kashgar prefecture, XUAR.
ref: 2019, “CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA ANNUAL REPORT 2019”, in Congressional-Executive Commission on China, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2020, page 209:
text: Authorities in Kashgar prefecture in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China say they have completed tests on more than 4.7 million residents. It follows the country's latest outbreak at the weekend.
ref: 2020 October 28, “Coronavirus digest: Italy posts record infection numbers as Europe locks down”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2020, News:
glosses: A prefecture of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
examples: text: The Province of Xenſi extends to the Kingdom of Preſter John. Caſcar and Thebet, which the Chineſes in a general Name call Sifan it is a large Province, and is divided into eight Counties, having one hundred and eighty Cities: Sigan is the Metropolis of the whole, ſeated on the River Guei, in a moſt pleaſant and delightful place, of a noble Proſpect, and good Trade.
ref: [1693, Robert Morden, “Of China”, in Geography Rectified; or a Description of the World, 3rd edition, page 439:
text: The last accounts from Mr. Moncrieff left him at Cashmere. From that place he sent to ask permission of the Government of Kashgar to go to Buchara, to purchase horses. This was refused, and he was obliged to take another route and proceed through Cabul.
ref: 1826, Sylvanus Urban, “Foreign News”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume XCVI, London: John Nichols and Son, page 634:
text: The weapon steel and metalwork of Kashgar, the carpets of Khotan, the painted caves of Kezir were famed throughout Central Asia.
ref: 1977, Jack Chen, Sinkiang Story, Macmillan Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page xxv:
text: In 1990 a fight between armed locals and the police and military flared up in Baren, in Akto, near Kashgar, in which at least 22 people were killed, of whom six were members of the security forces; some sources say the locals had intended to initiate an armed uprising.
ref: 1992, “Xinjiang: Unquiet Spring”, in Tibet Information Network (Background Papers on Tibet), page 51:
glosses: A county-level city of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Uyghur
word: Kashgher
sense: from Uyghur
alt: SASM/GNC broad romanization
word: Kaxgar
sense: from Uyghur
roman: SASM/GNC strict romanization
word: Kaxĝär
sense: from Uyghur
word: Qeshqer
sense: from Uyghur
alt: SASM/GNC broad romanization
word: Kaxkar
sense: from Uyghur
roman: SASM/GNC strict romanization
word: K̂äxk̂är
sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Kashi
word: K'a-shih
word: K'o-shih
alt: from Chagatai قاشقار (qāšqār)
word: Qashqar
word: Qāshqār
Derived terms: Kashgari
Kashgaria