Aqqik
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Etymology
Borrowed from Uyghur ئاچچىق (achchiq).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aqqik
- A township in Lop, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
- 1991, Tamio Kotaka, Shallow Tethys 3: Proceedings of the International Symposium[1], →OCLC, pages 235, 236:
- Within the Tarim Basin, they reach to the Aqqik area, and Magartag in the central region.[...]the Tarim gulf was very wide, and seawater extended northward to Yingan of Akesu, and Xiaokuzibai of Wensu and possibly eastward to Aqqik of Luopu.
- 1996, Zhou Zhiyi, W. T. Dean, editors, Phanerozoic Geology of Northwest China[2], Beijing: Science Press, →OCLC, page 125:
- In the course of marine incursion and sedimentation, the sea only reached the Wuqia area during the late Eocene, but in Palaeocene - middle Eocene, marine conditions extended eastwards into the desert of the Mazartag area, and southwards, probably into the Aqqik area of Lop.
- A township in Yopurga, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
Synonyms
- (from Mandarin Chinese) Aqike, A-ch’i-k’o