/shin"jyahng" wee"geuhr/ , n.
an autonomous region in NW China, bordering Tibet, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, Pakistan, and India: formerly a province. 13,840,000; 635,830 sq. mi. (1,646,800 sq. km). Cap.: Ürümqi.
Also, Sinkiang Uighur . Official name, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region .