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• (obsolete) Cascar, Cashgar, Cashkar, Kaschgar
• (directly from Persian) Kashghar, Kâshghar, Kāshghar

Transliteration of Russian Кашга́р (Kašgár), from Persian کَاشْغَر (kâšğar).

• enPR: kăshʹgär

Kashgar

1. A prefecture of Xinjiang, China.
   • 2017 December 17, Gerry Shih, “AP Exclusive: Digital police state shackles Chinese minority”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 28 April 2022‎:

     In one year, Kashgar Prefecture, which has a population of 4 million, has carried out mandatory checks for practically its entire population, said Yang Yanfeng, deputy director of Kashgar’s propaganda department. She characterized the checkups as a public health success story, not a security measure.

   • 2019, “CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA ANNUAL REPORT 2019”, in Congressional-Executive Commission on China‎, archived from the original on June 26, 2020, page 209:

     In addition, in January 2019, the Hong Kong-based security services company Frontier Services Group (FSG) announced on its website that it had signed an agreement with local XUAR officials to build a training facility in Kashgar prefecture, XUAR.

   • 2020 October 28, “Coronavirus digest: Italy posts record infection numbers as Europe locks down”, in Deutsche Welle‎, archived from the original on October 28, 2020, News‎:

     Authorities in Kashgar prefecture in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China say they have completed tests on more than 4.7 million residents. It follows the country's latest outbreak at the weekend.

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2. A county-level city in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
   • , 3rd edition, page 439:

     The Province of Xenſi extends to the Kingdom of Preſter John. Caſcar and Thebet, which the Chineſes in a general Name call Sifan it is a large Province, and is divided into eight Counties, having one hundred and eighty Cities: Sigan is the Metropolis of the whole, ſeated on the River Guei, in a moſt pleaſant and delightful place, of a noble Proſpect, and good Trade.]

   • 1826, Sylvanus Urban, “Foreign News”, in The Gentleman's Magazine‎, volume XCVI, London: John Nichols and Son, page 634:

     The last accounts from Mr. Moncrieff left him at Cashmere. From that place he sent to ask permission of the Government of Kashgar to go to Buchara, to purchase horses. This was refused, and he was obliged to take another route and proceed through Cabul.

   • 1977, Jack Chen, Sinkiang Story‎, Macmillan Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page xxv:

     The weapon steel and metalwork of Kashgar, the carpets of Khotan, the painted caves of Kezir were famed throughout Central Asia.

   • 1992, “Xinjiang: Unquiet Spring”, in Tibet Information Network (Background Papers on Tibet)‎, page 51:

     In 1990 a fight between armed locals and the police and military flared up in Baren, in Akto, near Kashgar, in which at least 22 people were killed, of whom six were members of the security forces; some sources say the locals had intended to initiate an armed uprising.

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• (from Uyghur)
  • (كاشغەر): Kashgher, Kaxgar (SASM/GNC broad romanization), Kaxĝär (SASM/GNC strict romanization)
  • (قەشقەر): Qeshqer, Kaxkar (SASM/GNC broad romanization), K̂äxk̂är (SASM/GNC strict romanization)
• (from Mandarin Chinese) Kashi, K'a-shih, K'o-shih
• (from Chagatai قاشقار) Qashqar, Qāshqār

• Kashgari
• Kashgaria

• “Kashgar”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• Kashgar in Encyclopædia Britannica
• Kashgar at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• “Kashgar”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Kashgar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Kashgar” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Kashi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1513, column 2: “Also called Kashgar.”

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑshɡɑr/,
• Rhymes: -ɑshɡɑr
• Hyphenation^(key): Kash‧gar

Kashgar

1. Alternative spelling of Kašgar.

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