Mongolia

[ mong-goh-lee-uh, mon- ]

/ mɒŋˈgoʊ li ə, mɒn- /

noun

a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.

Also Nei Monggol. Inner Mongolia.

Outer, former name of Mongolian People's Republic.

Example sentences from the Web for mongolia

The president of Mongolia is one foreigner who may not be invited back to Kim Il Sung University anytime soon.

North Korea's Top College: Brainwash U |Justin Rohrlich |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
When they reached Mongolia, police threatened to send them back to China.

How ‘Titanic ’Helped This Brave Young Woman Escape North Korea’s Totalitarian State |Lizzie Crocker |October 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Mengnan traveled 10 hours from Mongolia to see a doctor—and over the course of two years, he made the trip six times.

Will US Health Care Follow in China’s Bloody Footsteps? |Daniela Drake |September 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
His was a 6,000-mile journey on horseback from Mongolia to Hungary that lasted over three years.

This Week’s Hot Reads: September 9, 2013 |Nicholas Mancusi |September 9, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Finally, she musters up the courage to leave him, escaping to travel across Mongolia.

This Week’s Hot Reads: July 8, 2013 |Mythili Rao |July 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
After the Russian revolution had begun, revolution was carried also into Mongolia.

A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] |Wolfram Eberhard
It was in the year 1275 that, after several years' wanderings, they came to the court of the Great Khan in eastern Mongolia.

From Pole to Pole |Sven Anders Hedin
A very beautiful animal has been bred by crossing the wild-ass of Mongolia with the French variety.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. |Various
Chinese Government, projects of railways in Yunnan, 29;said to encourage lamaism in Mongolia, 282.

A Wayfarer in China |Elizabeth Kendall
It was the pleasantest walk I ever had in Mongolia, and at the same time the most painful.

James Gilmour of Mongolia |James Gilmour

British Dictionary definitions for mongolia

Mongolia

/ (mɒŋˈɡəʊlɪə) /

noun

a republic in E central Asia: made a Chinese province in 1691; became autonomous in 1911 and a republic in 1924; multiparty democracy introduced in 1990. It consists chiefly of a high plateau, with the Gobi Desert in the south, a large lake district in the northwest, and the Altai and Khangai Mountains in the west Official language: Khalkha. Religion: nonreligious majority. Currency: tugrik. Capital: Ulan Bator. Pop: 3 226 516 (2013 est). Area: 1 565 000 sq km (604 095 sq miles) Former names: (until 1924) Outer Mongolia, (1924–92) Mongolian People's Republic

a vast region of central Asia, inhabited chiefly by Mongols: now divided into the republic of Mongolia, Inner Mongolia (the Mongol Autonomous Region of China), and the Tuva Republic of S Russia; at its height during the 13th century under Genghis Khan

Cultural definitions for mongolia

Mongolia

Country in north-central Asia, bordered by Russian Siberia to the north, and China to the east, south, and west. Its capital and largest city is Ulan Bator.

notes for Mongolia

It is unofficially called Outer Mongolia.

notes for Mongolia

Mongolia proclaimed itself independent from China in 1911. With Soviet support, a communist regime was established in 1921. In 1990, the Communist party gave up its monopoly on power.

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