# Sinkiang

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. Synonym of Xinjiang: An Uyghur autonomous region of China, located in the sparsely populated northwest.

## Etymology
From the Postal Romanization of Nanking court dialect Mandarin 新疆 (Xīnjiāng), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ].

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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