Ili

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Ili^¹

Where it comes from

From Russian Или (Ili) and Uyghur ئىلى (ili), usually taken to derive from Mongolian.

proper noun

An automonous prefecture in Northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Practically speaking, Yakoob Beg was safe from invasion from the east so long as he maintained order within his own frontier and the Tungani in Ili on his north had manifested no special hostility against his state.
Similar: Yili, I-li
A river situated in Xinjiang of north-western China and south-eastern Kazakhstan. The Ili, rising inside Sinkiang, drains into Lake Balkhash in Soviet Kazakhstan, nearly a thousand miles to the west. Not far inside the USSR, to the south of the Ili on the Turkestan-Siberian Railway, sits Alma-Ata, the capital of the Kazakh SSR. Founded by the Russians a century ago, it contains o

ILI^²

noun

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of influenza-like illness

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name autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang, China

中文	伊犁 Yīlí

name river in China and Kazakhstan

中文	伊犁河 Yīlí Hé
Русский	Или́ Ilí

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"Ili." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ili. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Ili. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ili

Chicago

"Ili." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ili.

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@misc{ili_2026,
  title = {Ili},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ili},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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