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Muji

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See also: muji, mǔjī, mùjī, mùjí, Mùjí, and mùjì

English

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Map including Muji in Kizilsu Prefecture (DMA, 1989)

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Uyghur مۇجى (muji).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Muji

  1. A town in Pishan, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
    • 2016 November 22, Eset Sulaiman, Brooks Boliek., “In China’s Xinjiang, Some Uyghurs are Forced Into a Sharecropper’s Life”, in Eset Sulaiman, Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia[1], archived from the original on November 23, 2016:
      A teacher in Muji Township in Guma backed up the police officer.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Muji.
  2. A township in Akto, Kizilsu, Xinjiang, China
    • 1998, John S. King, Bradley Mayhew, Karakoram Highway (Lonely Planet)‎[2], 3rd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 126:
      The corridor north-west to Muji and south to the Pakistan border is a pamir valley, the Sarykol Valley.
    • 2016 November 27, “Rescue work goes smoothly in quake-hit Xinjiang county”, in Yao Lan, editor, China News Service[3], archived from the original on 31 January 2020:
      A damaged house is seen in Muji village, Akto County of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 26, 2016. About 130 herdsmen from Akto County, hit by a 6.7-magnitude earthquake Friday night, have been evacuated to a safer place, said local sources on Saturday.[...]
      As of 6:50 am, another 100 tents, 300 quilts, 300 coats, 200 bags of flour, 200 tonnes of coal, small generators and flashlights reached Muji, where a villager was killed by a collapsed house.
    • 2017 April 12, Eset Sulaiman, Roseanne Gerin, “Authorities Urge Kyrgyz Herdsmen to Spy on Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia[4], archived from the original on April 17, 2017:
      Authorities are promoting the letter mainly in villages in border areas, such as Muji and Bulungkol in Akto (in Chinese, Aketao) county, he said.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Muji.
  3. A village in Muji, Akto, Kizilsu, Xinjiang, China
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Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Muji

  1. Alternative form of Moji (language)

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain. According to Arben Ndreca counterpart to the latin name Mensis (month).

Proper noun

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Muji m

  1. a male given name
  2. (mythology) Muji, a mythological hero found in the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors.

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