Ürümqi or U·rum·chi, U·rum·tsi [y-rym-chee] noun
- a city in and the capital of Xinjiang Uygur region, in NW China.
Formerly Dihua. British Dictionary definitions for urumchi Urumchi rmqi or Wu-lu-mu-ch’i noun
- a city in NW China, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: trading centre on a N route between China and central Asia. Pop: 1 562 000 (2005 est)Former name: Tihwa