Kelamayi

See also: Kèlāmǎyī

English

Alternative forms

• K'o-la-ma-i (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Mandarin 克拉瑪依 / 克拉玛依 (Kèlāmǎyī).

Proper noun

Kelamayi

1. Synonym of Karamay: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • [1977, China Oil Production Prospects‎^[1], Central Intelligence Agency, →OCLC, page 19‎^[2]:

     The first and second wells to strike oil at K'o-la-ma-i were drilled in 1955 and 1956, respectively.]

   • [1979, Frederic M. Kaplan, Julian M. Sobin, Stephen Andors, “Land and Population”, in Encyclopedia of China Today‎^[3], Eurasia Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 41, column 1:

     The exploitation of Xinjiang's rich mineral resources began in earnest in the 1950s, at first in cooperation with the USSR. Petroleum has been found in the western Dzungarian Basin near the city of Karamai (Kolamayi).]

   • 2010 March 3, Mark O'Neill, “Beijing opens its chequebook for rich and restive Xinjiang”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 September 2023‎^[5]:

     It will cut the travelling time from Urumqi to Beijing from 42 to 11 hours. The lines will bring the cities of Yili, Aksu, Tacheng and Kelamayi into the rail network for the first time.

Translations

Karamay — see Karamay

Further reading

• Kelamayi, Kolamai at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.