Shache

American

[shah-chœ] / ˈʃɑˈtʃœ /

(Wade-Giles) Soche

noun

Pinyin.

a city in western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China, in a large oasis of the Tarim Basin.

Shache British

/ ˈʃæˈtʃeɪ /

noun

Also called: Yarkand. a town in W China, in the W Xinjiang: a centre of the caravan trade between China, India, and Transcaspian areas

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Etymology

Origin of Shache

From Chinese Shāchē, from Uyghur Yarkand “Cliff City”

Example Sentences

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Shache, also known as Yarkand, is mostly populated by Uighurs, a Turkic ethnic minority.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2014

The official account was corroborated by one resident of Shache, a 35-year-old secretary at an insurance company.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2014

The clashes took place Sunday night and Monday morning in villages near Yarkand, also known as Shache, a desert oasis near China’s western border with Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2014

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