TAKLAMAKAN DESERT

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Taklamakan Desert mean? 

• TAKLAMAKAN DESERT (noun)
  The noun TAKLAMAKAN DESERT has 1 sense:

1. a desert in western China

  Familiarity information: TAKLAMAKAN DESERT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKLAMAKAN DESERT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A desert in western China

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Taklamakan Desert; Taklimakan Desert

Instance hypernyms:

desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)

Holonyms ("Taklamakan Desert" is a part of...):

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)