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Ui·ghur | \ ˈwē-ˌgu̇r 
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or less commonly Uigur
Definition of Uighur
1 : a member of a Turkic people powerful in Mongolia and eastern Turkestan between the 8th and 12th centuries a.d. who constitute a majority of the population of Chinese Turkestan
2 : the Turkic language of the Uighurs
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The first known use of Uighur was in 1747
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