Muji

See also: muji, mǔjī, mùjī, mùjí, Mùjí, and mùjì

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Uyghur مۇجى (muji).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Muji

1. A town in Pishan, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
   • 2016 November 22, Eset Sulaiman, Brooks Boliek., “In China’s Xinjiang, Some Uyghurs are Forced Into a Sharecropper’s Life”, in Eset Sulaiman, Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia‎, archived from the original on November 23, 2016:

     A teacher in Muji Township in Guma backed up the police officer.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Muji.
2. A township in Akto, Kizilsu, Xinjiang autonomous region, China
   • 1998, John S. King, Bradley Mayhew, Karakoram Highway (Lonely Planet)‎, 3rd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 126:

     The corridor north-west to Muji and south to the Pakistan border is a pamir valley, the Sarykol Valley.

   • 2016 November 27, “Rescue work goes smoothly in quake-hit Xinjiang county”, in Yao Lan, editor, China News Service‎, archived from the original on 31 January 2020:

     A damaged house is seen in Muji village, Akto County of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Nov. 26, 2016. About 130 herdsmen from Akto County, hit by a 6.7-magnitude earthquake Friday night, have been evacuated to a safer place, said local sources on Saturday.[...]
     As of 6:50 am, another 100 tents, 300 quilts, 300 coats, 200 bags of flour, 200 tonnes of coal, small generators and flashlights reached Muji, where a villager was killed by a collapsed house.

   • 2017 April 12, Eset Sulaiman, Roseanne Gerin, “Authorities Urge Kyrgyz Herdsmen to Spy on Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang”, in Mamatjan Juma, transl., Radio Free Asia‎, archived from the original on April 17, 2017:

     Authorities are promoting the letter mainly in villages in border areas, such as Muji and Bulungkol in Akto (in Chinese, Aketao) county, he said.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Muji.
3. A village in Muji, Akto, Kizilsu, Xinjiang autonomous region, China

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Mu-chi

Translations

town, township, village

Chinese: Mandarin: 木吉 (Mùjí) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Uyghur: مۇجى (muji)

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Muji

1. Alternative form of Moji (“language”)

Albanian

Alternative forms

• Mujo

Etymology

Uncertain. According to Arben Ndreca counterpart to the latin name Mensis (“month”).

Proper noun

Muji m

1. a male given name
2. (mythology) Muji, a mythological hero found in the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors.

Declension

Declension of Muji

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Muji	Mujiu
accusative		Mujiun
dat./abl.	Mujiu	Mujiut

See also

• Gent