Uigur

Variant of Uighur

Uighur definition

Uighur or Uigur Ui′gur (wē′go̵or)

noun

  1. a member of a Turkic people, living mainly in W China and Uzbekistan, that ruled in Mongolia and Turkestan in the Middle Ages
  2. the Turkic language of this people

Etymology: Uighur name < ?

adjective

of the Uighurs or their language or culture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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