English Explanatory Dictionary

Lop Nur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A largely dried up salt lake, known for being used as a nuclear testing site, located in southeastern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.

Pronunciation

lōb′ nôr′ lôp′ nôr′

Word forms

Lop Nur Lop Nor

Etymology

From Uyghur لوپنۇر (lopnur), from Written Oirat ᠯᠣ᠊ᠫ ᠨᡇᡇᠷ (Lob nuur), from ᠯᠣ᠊ᠫ (Lob) + ᠨᡇᡇᠷ (nuur, “lake”), where the former is itself of unknown origin from older times, possibly Old Uyghur. Compare Mandarin 羅布淖爾 /罗布淖尔 (Luóbùnào'ěr), 羅布泊 /罗布泊 (Luóbù pō, “Lop Lake”).

Related words

Sogo Nur Gaxun Nur Koko Nur Bayannur Torot Nur Dalai Nur
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