Kuqa

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Kuqa

proper noun Kucha

  1. A county-level city of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a county. From here the Silk Road bifurcates. In times of unrest, the caravans would move south through the sparse towns along the foot of the Kunlum Mountains, protected from robbers by the Taklimakan desert. But more often they would brave the great northern route with its line of rich oases - Turfan, Korla

    Similar: Kuchar, Kuche, K'u-ch'e, Kuča

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name county

中文庫車 /库车 Kùchē

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@misc{kuqa_2026,
  title = {Kuqa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kuqa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}