Uyghur

American

[wee-goor] / ˈwi gʊər /

(Older Spelling) Uighur,

noun

plural

Uyghurs,

plural

Uyghur

a member of a predominantly Muslim Turkic-speaking people, dominant in Mongolia and eastern Turkestan from the 8th to 12th centuries a.d., and now living in northwestern China, mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
the Turkic language of the Uyghurs.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of the Uyghurs or their language.

Other Word Forms

Uyghurian adjective
Uyghuric adjective

Etymology

Origin of Uyghur

First recorded in 1840–45; from Uyghur; a self-designation of the Uyghur people

Example Sentences

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Meawhile, in November BBC News reported how a campaign of harassment and intimidation took place at Sheffield Hallam University in an attempt to shut down an academic's research into allegations of forced labour among Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region of China.

From BBC

Baroness Helena Kennedy KC was among seven parliamentarians sanctioned by China in 2021 for accusing the country of human rights abuses against the Uyghur minority.

From BBC

Sir Geoffrey Nice KC, chair of the Uyghur Tribunal, which is investigating atrocities against the minority group, was also sanctioned, as was Newcastle University academic Jo Smith Finley, whose research focuses on the Uyghurs.

From BBC

The prime minister said he had also raised contentious issues including the jailing of pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai and the treatment of the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang.

From BBC

A federal immigration judge on Wednesday granted U.S. asylum to a Chinese citizen who fled his homeland after gathering evidence of alleged human-rights violations against China’s Uyghur population.

From The Wall Street Journal

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