K'a-shih
English

Map including K'a-shih (Kashgar) (DMA, 1983)
Etymology
From Mandarin 喀什 (Kāshí), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻa¹-shih².[1]
Proper noun
K'a-shih
- Alternative form of Kashi
- 1966, Translations on People's Republic of China, United States Joint Publications Research Service, OCLC 2370938, page 148:
- I. Geological and Topographical Conditions
Geologically speaking, K'a-shih inland delta belongs to the western most end of Tarim Table. It is primarily sha-ch'e syneklise.
- 1973, Chiao-min Hsieh, ATLAS OF CHINA, McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, LCCN 72-8717, OCLC 1204247698, OL 9249878M, page 74:
- 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.
- 1976, Chuen-Yan David Lai, “Developments of Cotton Cultivation in Sinkiang”, in Pacific Viewpoint, volume 17, number 2, DOI: , archived from the original on 30 June 2020, retrieved 27 December 2020, page 162:
- K'a-shih has the most extensive cotton-growing area which amounted to 950 000 mou (6.3 million ares) in 1965.
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Translations
Kashi — see Kashi
See also
References
- Kashgar, (Wade-Giles romanization) K’a-shih, in Encyclopædia Britannica
Further reading
- “K'a-shih”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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