turkestan

As a noun china

is (uncountable) the root of a climbing plant, smilax china l, once believed to have important medicinal properties or china can be (cockney rhyming slang|countable) mate (ie, friend).

As a proper noun turkestan is

the regions of central asia lying between siberia to the north; tibet (xizang) and xinjiang, china, modern-day pakistan, afghanistan, and iran to the south; the gobi desert to the east; and the caspian sea to the west.

As proper nouns the difference between xinjiang and turkestan

is that xinjiang is a sparsely populated (xinjiang uyghur autonomous region) of the people's republic of china located in the western part of of the nation while turkestan is the regions of central asia lying between siberia to the north; tibet (xizang) and xinjiang, china, modern-day pakistan, afghanistan, and iran to the south; the gobi desert to the east; and the caspian sea to the west.

As proper nouns the difference between xizang and turkestan

is that xizang is the abbreviation for xizang (tibet) autonomous region of the people’s republic of china while turkestan is the regions of central asia lying between siberia to the north; tibet (xizang) and xinjiang, china, modern-day pakistan, afghanistan, and iran to the south; the gobi desert to the east; and the caspian sea to the west.

As proper nouns the difference between tibet and turkestan

is that tibet is tibet while turkestan is the regions of central asia lying between siberia to the north; tibet (xizang) and xinjiang, china, modern-day pakistan, afghanistan, and iran to the south; the gobi desert to the east; and the caspian sea to the west.

As proper nouns the difference between siberia and turkestan

is that siberia is (region of russia) while turkestan is the regions of central asia lying between siberia to the north; tibet (xizang) and xinjiang, china, modern-day pakistan, afghanistan, and iran to the south; the gobi desert to the east; and the caspian sea to the west.

Turkistan is an alternative form of turkestan.

As proper nouns the difference between turkistan and turkestan

is that turkistan is while turkestan is the regions of central asia lying between siberia to the north; tibet (xizang) and xinjiang, china, modern-day pakistan, afghanistan, and iran to the south; the gobi desert to the east; and the caspian sea to the west.