ウルムチ

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Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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Ürümqi (China)

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. The katakana form ウルムチ is standard.

Ürümqi is the central city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

ウルムチUsage88%
Standard katakana spelling for the city name; usually written in kana.
烏魯木斉うるむちUsage12%
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)
Ateji (phonetic) kanji spelling; rarely used in modern Japanese.

From Uyghur ئۈرۈمچى (Ürümchi), via Chinese 烏魯木齊 / 乌鲁木齐 (Wūlǔmùqí). The Japanese form is a direct phonetic borrowing.