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Golmud

Golmud proper noun: a river and sub-prefectural county-level city in Haixi prefecture, Qinghai, China.

Proper noun

Golmud

  1. A river and sub-prefectural county-level city in Haixi prefecture, Qinghai, China.
    • The only legal means of entering Tibet is by air. It is not, however, the only way. Occasionally young Americans or Europeans hitchhike rides on the road that leads from Golmud in Qinghai province over the Himalayas to Lhasa.1985 June 9, Mark A. Cohen, “Tibet: Open to the World at Last”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2023
    • The only place the railway didn't go was Tibet. The Chinese had abandoned this Tibet line at Golmud in Qinghai, faced by the impenetrable Kunlun Mountains.1988 January, Paul Theroux, “China Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 173, number 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 298
    Synonyms:
    Ge'ermu, Ko-erh-mu

Examples of Golmud in a sentence

  • We arrived in Golmud, formerly Tibetan, now a Chinese town, a small oasis in a barren area, at about 7 A.M.1997 October 19, Karen Swenson, “Approaches To Tibet”, in The New York Times (Travel section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company...
  • There are precedents here: you do not have to look any further than Golmud itself.2006 August, Michael Buckley, Tibet (Bradt Travel Guides), 2nd edition, Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 17:

Synonyms of Golmud

  • Ge'ermu
  • Ko-erh-mu

Origin of Golmud

From Mongolian ᠭᠣᠣᠯᠮᠤᠳ (ɣoolmud).

Questions about Golmud

What does Golmud mean?
Golmud means a river and sub-prefectural county-level city in Haixi prefecture, Qinghai, China.
How do you use Golmud in a sentence?
We arrived in Golmud, formerly Tibetan, now a Chinese town, a small oasis in a barren area, at about 7 A.M.
What part of speech is Golmud?
Golmud is a proper noun.

Words near Golmud in the dictionary

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  2. gollying
  3. gollywog
  4. gollywogs
  5. Gollywood
  6. Golmud
  7. Golob
  8. Golobs
  9. Golodomor
  10. goloe-shoe
  11. goloe-shoes

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