"Kucha" meaning in English

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Proper name

enPR: ko͞ochäʹ Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kucha
  1. An ancient Buddhist kingdom of Central Asia, located in modern-day Xinjiang, China. Translations (ancient Buddhist kingdom of Central Asia): Քուչա (Kʻučʻa) (Armenian), 库车 (Kùchē) (Chinese Mandarin), 龟兹 (Qiūcí) (Chinese Mandarin), Куча (Kuča) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Kucha-en-name-gGMqJdRz Disambiguation of 'ancient Buddhist kingdom of Central Asia': 98 2
  2. Alternative form of Kuqa Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Kuqa
    Sense id: en-Kucha-en-name-YNzekCXK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Kuchean Related terms: Kuqa
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          "text": "Meanwhile, the photography and research of Buddhist sites in the other countries of Asia was taken up. One of the most exciting journeys was two months across the length of China and from Central to Western Tibet. For long, I had heard about the Kizil Caves, next to Kucha, on the Northern Silk Route in Western China. Kucha is where Kumarajiva was born to Princess Jiva and the Kashmiri Pandit Kumarayana. He was taken to Kashmir for thirteen years by his mother, where he learnt Sanskrit and studied Buddhist scriptures. On his return, he became the most famous translator of Buddhist scriptures in Kucha. It is said that China attacked and annexed Kucha because of the importance of Kumarajiva. Today, there is a modern statue of Kumarajiva in front of the Kizil Caves. The art of the caves displays the influences coming from India in the First Millennium CE.",
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          "text": "Although Mr Ghappar had spent years in Foshan - where friends and relatives say he made good money modelling clothes - he was taken back to his city of birth of Kucha in Xinjiang.\nWe showed the Chinese government statement to Merdan Ghappar's uncle, Abdulhakim Ghappar, who now lives in the Netherlands after leaving Xinjiang in 2011.\n\"If the police wanted to arrange help to get him resettled for work or something, they should have helped him in Foshan because he is working there, he has a house there,\" he told me.\n\"So, he shouldn't have been sent back to Kucha by force.\"...\nJames Millward from Georgetown University, an expert on China's policies in Xinjiang, provided a translation and analysis of Mr Ghappar's text messages alongside the original BBC article.\n\"It's interesting that nothing in the Xinjiang government's response addresses the description of conditions in the Kucha local police station; the overcrowding, the beatings, the unsanitary conditions, the sharing of eight sets of eating utensils by 50-60 people,\" he told me.\n\"Regardless of why Merdan was put in detention in Kucha, his description of those conditions, especially during the pandemic, are very disturbing.\"",
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