Meaning of Uyghur | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of a Turkic ethnic group living in northwestern China and southeastern Kazakhstan.
2. The language of the Uyghur people.

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Examples

“A new U.S. congressional committee on China will hold its second hearing on Thursday, seeking to highlight what Washington says is an ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang region. Rights groups accuse Beijing of abuses, including forced labor, mass surveillance and the placement of 1 million or more Uyghurs - a mainly Muslim ethnic group - in a network of internment camps in Xinjiang.”

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