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K'a-shih
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English
thumb|Map including K'a-shih (Kashgar) (Defense Mapping Agency DMA, 1983)
Etymology
From en cmn 喀什, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Kʻa¹-shih².Kashgar, (Wade-Giles romanization) K’a-shih, in Encyclopædia Britannicaen 1972 Shabad Theodore Index China's Changing Map https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/ New York Frederick A. Praeger 71-178868 482667885 345, 354 https://archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000unse/page/354/ Chinese place names are listed in three common spelling styles:(1) the Post Office system,(2) the Wade-Giles system,shown after the main entry(3) the Chinese Communists' own Pinyin romanization system, which also appears in parenthesesKashgar (K’a-shih, Kashi)
Proper noun
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en Kashi (Kashgar)
en 1966 Translations on People's Republic of China https://books.google.com/books?id=uKgVAAAAMAAJ w:United States Joint Publications Research Service 2370938 148 I. Geological and Topographical ConditionsGeologically speaking, K'a-shih inland delta belongs to the western most end of Tarim Table. It is primarily sha-ch'e syneklise.
en 1973 Chiao-min Hsieh Transportation Christopher L. Salter Atlas of China https://archive.org/details/atlasofchina00hsie/ McGraw-Hill, Inc. 0-07-030628-1 72-8717 1204247698 9249878M 74 https://archive.org/details/atlasofchina00hsie/page/74/ 2 From Peking air routes extend northward to Ch’i-ch’i-ha-erh in Manchuria, southeastward to Shanghai, southward to the island of Hainan, and westward to K’a-shih in Sinkiang.
en https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/apv.172005 1976 Developments of Cotton Cultivation in Sinkiang Chuen-Yan David Lai Pacific Viewpoint 17 2 10.1111/apv.172005 162 K'a-shih has the most extensive cotton-growing area which amounted to 950 000 mou (6.3 million ares) in 1965. 27 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200630020708/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/apv.172005 30 June 2020
Translations
Kashi
See also
en K'o-shih
References
Further reading
K'a-shih
Anagrams
en ahhiks Shaikh haikhs shikha shaikh