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Definition of: Turfan
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r′fän′)
A depression in eastern Sinkiang–Uigur Autonomous Region, NW China, lowest point of the Chinese mainland (940 feet below sea level); center of an ancient Indo–Iranian civilization (A.D. 200–400) and site of the capital of a Uigur empire (about 800–1200).
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