Aksai Chin

== English == === Alternative forms === Aksai-chin (lake) Aksayqin === Etymology === First attested in the mid 1800s. Borrowed from Uyghur ﺋﺎﻗﺴﺎﻱ چۆل / Aqsai Chöl / ақсай чөл (aqsay chöl), with the word "chin" being a corrupted transliteration of چۆل (chöl), ultimately derived from Turkic. See Aksai Chin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɑːksaɪ ˈtʃɪn/ === Proper noun === Aksai Chin A cold desert plain in Central Asia divided between China and India A part of the disputed Kashmir region administered by China. A lake in Hotan County, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, part of the disputed Aksai Chin. ==== Translations ==== === See also === Ladakh === References === === Further reading === “Aksai Chin, Aksai-chin, Aksayqin”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. “Aksai Chin, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Aksai Chin”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[13], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 52, column 1 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Aksai Chin, in turn derived from Uyghur ﺋﺎﻗﺴﺎﻱ چۆل / Aqsai Chöl / ақсай чөл (aqsay chöl), with the word "chin" being a corrupted transliteration of چۆل (chöl), ultimately derived from Turkic. See Aksai Chin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Proper noun === Aksai Chin m Aksai Chin (a macroregion of Kashmir, governed by China) === References ===