伊犁 (Yīlí): Ili (region in Xinjiang)

Meanings

1 Ili (region in Xinjiang)

Characters

伊

yī

(transliteration character)

犁

lí

plow

Examples

伊犁的风景非常美。

Yīlí de fēngjǐng fēicháng měi.

The scenery in Ili is breathtaking.

伊犁盛产苹果和薰衣草。

Yīlí shèngchǎn píngguǒ hé xūnyīcǎo.

Ili is famous for its apples and lavender.

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history

The Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (伊犁哈萨克自治州) in northwest Xinjiang borders Kazakhstan along the Ili River. Disputed with Tsarist Russia in the 1870s and recovered through the 1881 Treaty of Saint Petersburg negotiated by 曾纪泽.