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Uigur

(ˈwiːɡʊə) or

Uighur

npl -gur or -gurs

1. (Peoples) a member of a Mongoloid people of NW China, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan

2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family

Uiˈgurian, Uiˈghurian, Uiˈguric, Uiˈghuric adj

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Noun	1.	Uigur - a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas Uighur, Uygur Sinkiang, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region - an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people Turki - any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language
	2.	Uigur - the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China Uighur, Uygur Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar, Turki - a subfamily of Altaic languages
	3.	Uigur - the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language Uighur, Uygur script - a particular orthography or writing system

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