"Yuezhi" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjuˌdʒi/
Etymology: From Mandarin 月氏 (Yuèzhī, literally “Moon Clan”) or 月支 (Yuèzhī, literally “Moon Branch”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|cmn|月氏|lit=Moon Clan|tr=Yuèzhī}} Mandarin 月氏 (Yuèzhī, literally “Moon Clan”) Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Yuezhi pl (plural only)
  1. An ancient Indo-European people who originally settled in the arid grasslands of the eastern Tarim Basin area, in what is today Xinjiang and western Gansu, in China, before migrating to Transoxiana, Bactria and then northern South Asia, where one branch of the Yuezhi founded the Kushan Empire. Wikipedia link: Yuezhi Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Ethnonyms Synonyms: Rouzhi, Yuechi, Yueh-chih, Yueh-chi Translations (ancient Indo-European people): 月氏 (yuèzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), 月支 (yuèzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), yuezhit [plural] (Finnish), yuezhi-kansa (Finnish), 月氏 (Gesshi) (alt: げっし) (Japanese), 월지 (Wolji) (Korean), Nguyệt Chi (Vietnamese)

Alternative forms

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