K'o-tzu-lo-su

English

Alternative forms

• K'o-tzu-le-su (also from Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 克孜勒蘇／克孜勒苏 (Kèzīlèsū), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻo⁴-tzŭ¹-lo⁴-su¹.

Proper noun

K'o-tzu-lo-su

1. Alternative form of Kezilesu (Kizilsu)
   • 1960 March 21 [1959 November 18], “SINKIANG EXCEEDS 1959 PLANS”, in Weekly Report on Communist China‎^[1], number 17, Washington, D.C.: Foreign Documents Division, Central Intelligence Agency, →OCLC, page 45‎^[2]:

     During the last quarter in 1959, under the leadership of the party committee, mass movements for the improvement of posts and telecommunications production and services were organized throughout the region. For instance, mobile service teams were organized by the various subsidiary units of the K'o-tzu-lo-su Posts and Telecommunications Bureau, and they were sent to various plants, mines, farms, pastoral areas, offices, and schools to render their services.

   • 1963, Henry G. Schwarz, Policies and Administration of Minority Areas in Northwest China and Inner Mongolia, 1949-1959‎^[3], volume 2, →OCLC, page 338:

     The K'o-tzu-lo-su Kirghiz chou bordered on the K'o-shih chuan-ch'ü and its seat at A-t'u-shih was only twenty-five kilometers from K'o-shih shih.

   • 1973, Edward Evans-Pritchard, China (including Tibet) Japan and Korea (Peoples of the Earth)‎^[4], volume 13, Italy: Danbury Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 138:

     The Kirghiz, who also live in Turkey and Russia, live in K'o-tzu-lo-su Kirghiz Autonomous Chou in Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region. They are Muslims who farm and breed animals.

   • [1980, Sinkiang Uighur‎^[5], Encyclopedia Britannica, page 795:

     There are five autonomous districts (tzu-chih-chou): Bayan Gol Mongol (Pa-yin-kuo-leng-meng-ku), Boro Tala Mongol (Po-erh-t'a-la-meng-ku), Ch'ang-chi Hui (Chang-chi-hui-tsu), Ili Kazakh (I-li-ha-sa-k'o), and Kizil Su Kirghiz (K'o-tzu-lo-su-k'o-erh-k'o-tzu).]

   • 1984, Harold R. Battersby, “Some Introductory Notes on Altaic and Uralic Studies for Potential Contributors to Ultimate Reality and Meaning”, in Ultimate Reality and Meaning‎^[6], volume 7, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40:

     China's ethnic minority autonomous territorial and administrative units are: The Sinkiang Uyghur Autonomous region, capital Urumchi (Tihua). This has a majority Turkic population located in five chou (autonomous administrative districts). They are (1) The Qïrghïz Autonomous Chou ((K'o-tzu-lo-su (Qyzyl Su/Qïzïl Su)), center Artus (A-t'u-shih)

Translations

Kezilesu — see Kezilesu