Yutien

English

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 于田 (Yü²-t'ien²).

Proper noun

Yutien

1. Alternative form of Yutian
   • 1974, Chia Yu-chiang, “A Survey of the Takla Makan Desert”, in China Pictorial‎^[1], number 1, page 36:

     The Weitulake “pyramids” — sand hills in Yutien County now surrounded by transformed oases.

   • 1975, The Chinese Exhibition A pictorial record of the Exhibition of Archaeological Finds of The People's Republic of China‎^[2], Burd & Fletcher:

     253. Blue woolen fabric with pattern dyed by the wax-resist techique (batik) 5th century A.D. (Northern dynasties) Length 11 cm. Unearthed in 1959 from Wuyulaike, Yutien county in Sinkiang

   • 2008, Harry Rutstein, The Marco Polo Odyssey‎^[3], Bennett & Hastings Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 203:

     We found another Uighur wedding was taking place the morning we were to leave for Yutien....Yutien was a sandy forty miles away and somehow our Toyotas were now acclimated to the desert and had no trouble getting there in what seemed no time at all, or it could have been that the drivers were now more experienced....Finally, I found out that it was a message from Justin, our young California friend, who said he would arrive in Yutien at noon on September 5 with some important “big” news.