Pixna

English

Alternative forms

• Pishna

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur پىشنا (pishna).

Proper noun

Pixna

1. A township in Pishan, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
   • 2015 July 3, “Xinjiang earthquake kills 3, injures 71”, in ying, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎^[1], archived from the original on July 6, 2015:

     Uygur farmer Burexi Eli holds her child in the arm outdoors in Pixna Township of Pishan County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 4, 2015. A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked Pishan County of Hotan Prefecture at 9:07 a.m. (0107GMT), with the epicenter recorded at 37.6 degrees north and 78.2 degrees east, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). Three people were killed and 71 others injured in the quake. Local government has erected 1,500 tents to accomodate^[sic] residents affected by the earthquake.

   • 2015 July 4, “4,000 aftershocks rattle China's earthquake-hit Xinjiang”, in The Economic Times‎^[2], archived from the original on August 24, 2021:

     The epicentre was between the Pishan County seat and the Pixna Township.
     In Pixna Township, five temporary settlements have been erected for those who lost their homes in the quake.

   • 2019 April 18, Abhishek G Bhaya, “China slams allegations of pursuing anti-Muslim policy”, in CGTN‎^[3], archived from the original on June 17, 2019:

     A Muslim family gathers to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr in Bulakbexi Village of Pixna Township in Pishan County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 18, 2015.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Pixna.

Translations

township in Pishan, Hotan, Xinjiang, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮西那 (Píxīnà)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: پىشنا (pishna)

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