Hotan
Americannoun
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an oasis in western China, in southwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
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the chief city in this oasis.
noun
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an oasis in W China, in the Taklimakan Shamo desert of central Xinjiang, around the seasonal Hotan River
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the chief town of this oasis, situated at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains. Pop: 114 000 (2006 est)
Example Sentences
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China had just one city — Hotan — in the world’s top 10 for worst air.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2023
From the oasis town of Hotan, an existing line continues to Kashgar.
From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2021
Some state-sanctioned mosques are shown off to visiting journalists and diplomats, like the Jiaman Mosque in Hotan.
From Reuters • May 13, 2021
Based on field work conducted in Xinjiang's Hotan Prefecture in May 2018, the report was inadvertently made publicly available online in December 2019 and then subsequently taken down a few months later.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2021
In the mostly Uighur regions of Hotan and Kashgar, births collapsed by more than 60% between 2015 and 2018 – the last year for which government data is available – the AP found.
From The Guardian • Sep. 4, 2020
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