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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Uyghur تەڭرىتاغ (tengritagh, literally “Mountain of God (Tengri)”).
Proper noun
Tengri Tagh
- Synonym of Tian Shan
1875, James Hutton, Central Asia: from the Aryan to the Cossack, London: Tinsley Brothers, →OCLC, →OL, page 318:The ancient kingdom of Zungaria, extinguished by the Chinese about the middle of the 18th century, now constitutes the Russian district of Semipalatinsk, and, according to M. Semenof, incloses the centre of the Asiatic continent, the gigantic mountain group of the Tengri Tagh.
2014, Susan M. Walcott, Corey Johnson, editors, Eurasian Corridors of Interconnection: From the South China to the Caspian Sea, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL:What is the demographic landscape in Xinjiang? The population is concentrated in two segments: the corridor along the northern foothills of the Tengri Tagh and the arcs of oases to the south of the Tengri Tagh.
2015 October 26, AGNIESZKA JONIAK-LÜTHI, “Roads in China's Borderlands: Interfaces of spatial representations, perceptions, practices, and knowledges”, in Modern Asian Studies, volume 50, number 1, →DOI, page 10:New roads between southern and northern Xinjiang, across the mountains of Tengri Tagh/Tianshan, were constructed and older ones upgraded.
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