Variant: or Sin · kiang Ui · ghur
Pronunciation: ' shin- ' jyä ŋ - ' w ē -g ə r
often shortened to Xinjiang or Sinkiang
Function: geographical name
region W China bet. the Kunlun & Altai mountains; formerly a province capital Ürümqi area 635,829 sq mi (1,653,154 sq km ), pop 15,155,778