Maigaiti

English

Alternative forms

• Mai-kai-t'i, Maikaiti (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 麥蓋提／麦盖提 (Màigàití).

Proper noun

Maigaiti

1. Synonym of Makit: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • 1992, Dudley L. Poston, Jr., David Yaukey, editors, The Population of Modern China‎^[1], Plenum Press, →ISBN, page 194:

     In 1978 Maigaiti county in the far northwestern province of Xinjiang reported an infant morality rate of under 20.

   • 2012, “Rare black sheep priced at $714,000”, in China Daily‎^[2]:

     A 40-year-old herdsman poses with his prized sheep in front of his expensive car in Maigaiti county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, March 22, 2012. The sheep is called Daolang sheep, a special breed of sheep in Maigaiti county, and the highest price offered by a buyer is 4.5 million yuan ($714,000) according to the herdsman.

   • 2012, Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes, “Five Uyghurs Killed in Connection with Raid on Xinjiang Suspect”, in Shohret Hoshur, transl., Radio Free Asia‎^[3]:

     The suspect, identified as Qeyser Qurban, 23, was also shot dead in the raid last month in Qumqusar township, in Kashgar prefecture’s Makit (in Chinese, Maigaiti) county, a police officer in Qumqusar told RFA’s Uyghur Service, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Translations

Makit — see Makit