ᡳᠴᡝ ᠵᡝᠴᡝᠨ

Manchu

Etymology

ᡳᠴᡝ (ice, “new”) +‎ ᠵᡝᠴᡝᠨ (jecen, “border; frontier”), literally “new frontier”. Compare semantically Chinese 新疆 (Xīnjiāng).

Pronunciation

(standard) IPA^(key): [i.t͡ʃʰə.t͡ʃə.t͡ʃʰən]

Proper noun

ᡳᠴᡝ
ᠵᡝᠴᡝᠨ • (ice jecen)

(historical) Xinjiang (a province of China)
Xinjiang (an autonomous region of China)

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