Maigaiti

English

Alternative forms

• Mai-kai-t'i, Maikaiti (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 麥蓋提／麦盖提 (Màigàití).

Proper noun

Maigaiti

1. Synonym of Makit: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • 1992, Dudley L. Poston, Jr., David Yaukey, editors, The Population of Modern China‎^[1], Plenum Press, →ISBN, page 194:

     In 1978 Maigaiti county in the far northwestern province of Xinjiang reported an infant morality rate of under 20.

   • 2012, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Five Uyghurs Killed in Connection with Raid on Xinjiang Suspect”, in Shohret Hoshur, transl., Radio Free Asia‎^[2]:

     The suspect, identified as Qeyser Qurban, 23, was also shot dead in the raid last month in Qumqusar township, in Kashgar prefecture’s Makit (in Chinese, Maigaiti) county, a police officer in Qumqusar told RFA’s Uyghur Service, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Translations

Makit — see Makit