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Taklamakan
or ղ···첹
[ tah-kluh-muh-kahn ]
noun
- a desert in south central Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in China. About 125,000 sq. mi. (323,750 sq. km).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Taklamakan1
First recorded in 1895–1900; of uncertain origin: perhaps from Turkic taqlar makan “place of ruins”; perhaps from Uyghur Takla, from Persian tark “to abandon” + Persian makan “place”; some Chinese scholars connect Taklamakan and Tocharian ( def )
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Example Sentences
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China's nuclear weapon tests usually take place domestically and it previously test-fired ICBMs west into the Taklamakan Desert in the Xinjiang region.
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As you know, this is the dangerous leg of the journey that went through the Taklamakan Desert.
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We slunk toward the Taklamakan Desert with halfhearted steps.
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The Taklamakan Desert was a vast floor of threshing dust.
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The Taklamakan scoured at our faces and ground into our teeth.
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