KHOTAN

Meaning of KHOTAN in English

/khoh"tahn", koh-/ , n.

Older Spelling. Hotan.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

KHOTAN — geographical name see: Hotan
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KHOTAN — — see Hotan
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KHOTAN — Wade-Giles romanization Ho-t'ien, Pinyin Hotan, oasis town in the southwest of the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, China. Khotan forms …
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KHOTAN — Function: geographical name ― see HOTAN
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KHOTAN RUG — floor covering handwoven in or about the ancient city of Khotan (Ho-t'ien) in southern Sinkiang (Chinese Turkistan). Khotan rugs were …
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HOTAN — or Ho-t'ien or Khotan geographical name town & oasis W China in SW Xinjiang Uygur on S edge of the …
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KHOTANESE — noun ( plural kho·ta·nese |kōt ə n|ēz, -ēs) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Khotan, region in Turkistan, central Asia + English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOTAN — /haw"tahn"/ , n. Pinyin. 1. an oasis in W China, in SW Xinjiang. 2. the chief city in this oasis. …
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JADE — either of two tough, compact, typically green gemstones that take a high polish. Both minerals have been carved into jewelry, …
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BAR SAUMA, RABBAN — born c. 1220, , Chung-tu [now Peking], China died January 1294, Baghdad, Iraq Nestorian Christian ecclesiastic whose important but little-known …
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YARKAND RIVER — Yarkand also spelled Yarkant, Chinese (Wade-Giles) Yeh-erh-ch'iang Ho, or (Pinyin) Ye'erqiang He, a headstream of the Tarim River in the …
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YARKAND — Chinese (Wade-Giles romanization) Yeh-erh-ch'iang, or (Pinyin) Yarkant, oasis city in the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, northwestern China. The city …
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TARIM RIVER — Wade-Giles romanization T'a-li-mu Ho, Pinyin Tarim He, chief river of the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, extreme northwestern China. It …
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STEIN, SIR (MARK) AUREL — born Nov. 26, 1862, Budapest, Hung. died Oct. 26, 1943, Kabul, Afg. HungarianBritish archaeologist and geographer whose travels and research …
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SAMARKAND RUG — handwoven floor covering that was once marketed through the ancient city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan but is actually produced by …
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SAKA LANGUAGE — also called Khotanese Middle Iranian language spoken in Sinkiang, in northwestern China, by the Saka tribes. Two dialectal varieties are …
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MANJUSRI — in Mahayana Buddhism, the bodhisattva (Buddha-to-be) personifying supreme wisdom. His name in Sanskrit means gentle, or sweet, glory; he is …
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KASHGAR RUG — floor covering handwoven at Kashgar (K'a-shih) in Chinese Turkistan (now Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang). The Kashgar rugs are difficult …
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KANISKA — flourished 1st century AD also spelled Kanishka, Chinese Chia-ni-se-chia greatest king of the Kushan dynasty that ruled over the northern …
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IRANIAN RELIGION — diverse beliefs and practices of the culturally and linguistically related group of ancient peoples who inhabited the Iranian Plateau and …
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IRANIAN LANGUAGES — subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. The subgroup's languages are spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and …
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FA-HSIEN — flourished AD 399, 414 Pinyin Faxian, original name Sehi Chinese Buddhist monk whose pilgrimage to India in 402 initiated Sino-Indian …
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CENTRAL ASIA, HISTORY OF — history of the area from prehistoric and ancient times to the present. In its historical application the term Central Asia …
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SURPRISINGLY — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE easy ▪ Provided proper rope management has been employed it is surprisingly easy to …
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STRATEGIC — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a strategic aim (= that is part of a military, political, or business plan ) …
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