Uyghur (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural Uy·ghurs, (especially collectively) Uy·ghur.
  1. a member of a predominantly Muslim Turkic-speaking people, dominant in Mongolia and eastern Turkestan from the 8th to 12th centuries a.d., and now living in northwestern China, mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
  2. the Turkic language of the Uyghurs.
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Uyghurs or their language.
Uyghur (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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