Uighur (Noun)
Meaning 1
A member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Uighur minority in China has long faced persecution and marginalization by the government.
- Many Uighurs have been detained in internment camps in Xinjiang, where they are subjected to forced labor and indoctrination.
- The Uighur language is a Turkic language closely related to Uzbek and Kazakh.
- Uighurs have a rich cultural heritage, with a blend of Islamic and Buddhist influences.
- The Chinese government has been accused of human rights abuses against the Uighur population, including forced sterilization and torture.
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Meaning 2
The Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Hypernyms
Meaning 3
The script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.