Meaning of Uigur

Ui•gur

Pronunciation: (wē'goor), [key]

— n.

a member of a Turkish people dominant in Mongolia and eastern Turkestan from the 8th to 12th centuriesa.d., and now living mainly in western China.
the Turkic language of the Uigurs.

—adj.

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Uigurs.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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