Uighur

noun

Ui·​ghur ˈwē-ˌgu̇r 

variants or Uyghur or less commonly Uigur

plural Uighur or Uighurs or Uyghur or Uyghurs also Uigur or Uigurs

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

Uighur adjective

or Uyghur or less commonly Uigur

Examples of Uighur in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Farmers pick cotton on a farm on the outskirts of Hami in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of China in September 26, 2010. — Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 9 June 2026

Rubio has also criticized Beijing for its treatment of the mostly Muslim Uighur minority in Xinjiang, in northwest China. — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2026

The technology exists to detect whether a company’s supply chain includes sub-tier suppliers based in the Uighur region of China. — Steve Banker, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025

One of my most memorable eating experiences was at a place called Dilara, an Uighur cuisine restaurant in Finsbury Park. — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 1 Oct. 2024

For example, the government's use of the technology to monitor the Uighur population in Xinjiang province has been criticized as intrusive and repressive. — Zoltan Istvan, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2020

Word History

Etymology

Uighur Uighur

First Known Use

1747, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Uighur

• briar
• brier
• buyer
• choir
• crier
• cryer
• drier
• dryer
• eyer
• flier
• flyer
• friar