Zepu

English

Alternative forms

• Tse-p'u (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 澤普 / 泽普 (Zépǔ).

Pronunciation

• enPR: dzǔʹpo͞oʹ

Proper noun

Zepu

1. Synonym of Poskam: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • 2009, Hasan H. Karrar, “Deepening Sino-Central Asian Cooperation, 1996-2001”, in The New Silk Road Diplomacy: China's Central Asian Foreign Policy since the Cold War (Contemporary Chinese Studies)‎^[2], UBC Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 113:

     On October 24, 1999, terrorists were said to have attacked the police station in Saili Township, Zepu County, with guns, machetes, incendiary bombs, and grenades.

   • 2019, Dagikhudo Dagiev, Carole Faucher, editors, Identity, History and Trans-Nationality in Central Asia (Central Asian Studies Series)‎^[3], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL:

     Poskam (Zepu) County is 30 km to the east of Yarkand and is the petroleum and natural gas producing hub of southern Xinjiang.

Translations

Poskam — see Poskam