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TAKLIMAKAN DESERT
Dictionary entry overview: What does Taklimakan Desert mean?
• TAKLIMAKAN DESERT (noun)
The noun TAKLIMAKAN DESERT has 1 sense:
1. a desert in western China
Familiarity information: TAKLIMAKAN DESERT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A desert in western China
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Taklamakan Desert; Taklimakan Desert
Instance hypernyms:
desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)
Holonyms ("Taklimakan Desert" is a part of...):
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
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