Chinese Turkestan

noun

See under Turkestan.

Definition for chinese turkestan (2 of 2)

Turkestan

or Tur·ki·stan

[ tur-kuh-stan, -stahn ]
/ ˌtɜr kəˈstæn, -ˈstɑn /

noun

a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan), a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

OTHER WORDS FROM Turkestan

Tur·ke·stan·i·an, adjective, noun

British Dictionary definitions for chinese turkestan (1 of 2)

Chinese Turkestan

noun

the E part of the central Asian region of Turkestan: corresponds generally to the present-day Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China

British Dictionary definitions for chinese turkestan (2 of 2)

Turkestan

Turkistan

/ (ˌtɜːkɪˈstɑːn) /

noun

an extensive region of central Asia between Siberia in the north and Tibet, India, Afghanistan, and Iran in the south: formerly divided into West (Russian) Turkestan (also called Soviet Central Asia), comprising present-day Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan and the S part of Kazakhstan, and East (Chinese) Turkestan, approximating to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China