Khotan

British  

/ ˈkəʊˈtɑːn /

noun

1. another name for Hotan

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Example Sentences

“If the funding drops, all of that momentum will be lost,” said Khotan Harmon, senior program officer for the city of Austin.

From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2023

When foreign archaeologists found an ancient town, they defined it by longitude and latitude, and then tried to match its site with one of Xuanzang’s vanished cities: Khotan, Kucha, Agni.

From New York Times • May 11, 2020

Samir turned back to the crowd and nodded at a straight-faced horseman, who said, “I heard about the Rogue Legion, and those guys in Khotan really hated the saddles you sold them.”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Then the wood suddenly came to an end and the bed of the Khotan river lay before me.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders

The clauses relating to Chinese Turkestan, Kashgar, Yarkand, Khotan and Mongolia were subsequently stated to have been dropped, but the convention nevertheless provoked considerable opposition both in foreign countries and amongst the Chinese themselves.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various