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Definition of Turfan
1. Noun. A dialect of Tocharian.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turfan
Literary usage of Turfan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1907)
"THE little basin of Turfan in Chinese Turkestan is of peculiar interest, because,
... The name Turfan is becoming well known ; but, so far as I am aware, ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1881)
"He is the first Euro modern times who has visited Turfan ; as its Mongol name
sic " residence " implies, this town has been a place of importance ft ..."
3. The Pulse of Asia: A Journey in Central Asia Illustrating the Geographic by Ellsworth Huntington (1907)
"Turfan is scarcely more attractive in outward appearance, but it is small enough
to be comprehended at a glance. It possesses the qualities of the life- ..."
4. Chinese Central Asia: A Ride to Little Tibet by Henry Lansdell (1894)
"Two roads to Kashgar; Northern through Ush-Turfan, followed by Younghusband,.
... FROM Aksu to Kashgar we had a choice of two roads,—one through Ush-Turfan, ..."
5. Catalogue of Books Relating to Architecture: Construction and Decoration in by Boston Public Library, Mary Harris Rollins, Frank A. Bourne (1914)
"... und in der Oase Turfan. Berlin. 1912. Illus. Plates. Maps. Plans.
[Königlich-preussische Turfan-Expeditionen. ..."
6. The Central Tian-Shan Mountains 1902-1903 by Gottfried Merzbacher (1905)
"... of penetrating from Uch- Turfan at this time into the transverse valleys of
the left mountain range, since in those valleys there was at the time snow, ..."
7. The Central Tian-Shan Mountains 1902-1903 by Gottfried Merzbacher (1905)
"... BACK TO UCH-Turfan IN accordance with information obtained, I had to put off
my purpose of penetrating from Uch- Turfan at this time into the transverse ..."
8. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Sin-Kiang is crossed by three main roads: (1) from Кап-su to Turfan, ...
via Manae; (3) south from Turfan to Kashgar, ..."
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