Dzungaria

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Dzun·gar·i·a

(dzo͝ong-gâr′ē-ə, zo͝ong-)
A vast historical region of northwest China. It was a Mongol kingdom before it was conquered by the Qing empire in the 1750s.
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Dzungaria

(dzʊŋˈɡɛərɪə; zʊŋ-)
n
(Placename) another name for Junggar Pendi
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Dzun•ga•ri•a

(dzʊŋˈgɛər i ə, zʊŋ-)

n.
a region in N Sinkiang, China: a Mongol kingdom during the 11th to 14th centuries.
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Now far away from both the eastern and southwestern Toluid and the western Jochid centers of power, he endeavored to reassert the [ddot{O}]g[ddot{o}]deids' control over their old territories in Jungaria, eastern Turkestan, and over the [Cha.sup.[contains]]adaid princes' dominion and succeeded in building his own, more or less independent state between the Golden Horde and Qubilai's Empire.
Qaidu and the Rise of the Independent Mongal State in Central Asia

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