Kezilesu

• K'o-tzu-le-su, K'o-tzu-lo-su (Wade–Giles)

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 克孜勒蘇／克孜勒苏 (Kèzīlèsū).

Kezilesu

1. Synonym of Kizilsu: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • 1996, Zhang Mianzheng, Zeng Linxiang, edited by F. Y. Cheng and Y. Y. Wang, Inquiry into Reconstruction of Changed Plae in Wuqia County Town (Post-Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction)‎, Elsevier Science, page 181:

     The new town of Wuqia better reflects the intention of a general plan with its relatively full set of functions as well as beautiful surroundings which accommodate the people well in both work and recreation. This town, with not only national style but also construction standards of the 1980s, has come into being. Situated in our most western prefecture, Kezilesu Autonomous Prefecture, it will benefit the stability and unity of this multi-ethnic region as well as the economy.

   • 2008, William Nack, editor, The Best American Sports Writing 2008‎, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 337:

     Given how the sheer volume of people in China made everyone seem sort of faceless, I wondered if Nash's fortitude, his willingness to stop again and again and again to pose and scribble his name and stretch out his hand, was in some way a measure of his ability to particularize an abstraction—that is, to know that everything he was doing to improve the lives of girls in that all-but-Platonic realm known as the Xinjiang Kezilesu Keerkzi^{[sic – meaning Ke'erkezi]} Autonomous Region^{[sic – meaning Prefecture]} would give a real and particular child a real and particular book that would sweeten her day, or awaken an idea that would make a difference in her life. Whoever she was. . .

   • 2017, Eset Sulaiman, Paul Eckert, “China Runs Region-wide Re-education Camps in Xinjiang for Uyghurs And Other Muslims”, in Eset Sulaiman, transl., Radio Free Asia‎:

     The officer from Ujme Township in Aktu (Aketao in Chinese) County, Kizilsu (Kezilesu) prefecture, said three education camps had been set up in Aktu County since March, with the largest camp lying between the border of Aktu and the city of Kashgar (Kashi).

   • 2020, Aybek Askhar, Cui Jia, “Report on Xinjiang 'forced labor' criticized as fabricated”, in China Daily‎:

     Kashgar, Hotan and Aksu prefectures, along with Kezilesu Kirgiz autonomous prefecture, in southern Xinjiang are recognized by the country as severely underdeveloped areas with frail environments, frequent natural disasters and huge, impoverished populations.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Kezilesu.