Hohhot
/hoʊˈhɒt/
Hohhot proper noun: the capital city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in north-central China.
Proper noun
Hohhot
- The capital city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in north-central China.
- The assemblage of stone artifacts at Dingcun represents a very important link in the evolution of China's primitive cultures. It succeeded the Gehe culture and ushered in the Dayao culture of Hohhot in Inner Mongolia and the Emaokou culture in Huairen County, Shanxi Province.1980, Jia Lanpo, 中国大陆上的远古居民 [Early Man in China], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 45
- Then again, Sima Qian says that, after crossing the river, the Wall wound northward to touch a mountain north-west of Hohhot. But no wall winds northward here.2008, John Man, The Great Wall, Bantam Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 35
Hohhot meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese
Hohhot in Arabic
- capital of Inner Mongolia
- هُوهِيهُوت huhihūt, خُوخِيخَاوْتِي ḵuḵiḵawtī
Hohhot in Vietnamese
- capital of Inner Mongolia
- Hô Hòa Hạo Đặc, Hồi Hột
Examples of Hohhot in a sentence
- And it is one in the eye for Yili, its bigger cross-town dairy rival in Hohhot, the regional capital of Inner Mongolia.2019 December 7, “Cow cash”, in The Economist, volume 433, number 9172, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 61–62:
- On National Security Education Day in April, students in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, were instructed on how to report suspicious activity.2022 August 6, Chris Buckley, Steven Lee Myers, “In Turbulent Times, Xi Builds a Security Fortress for China, and Himself”, in The New York...
Synonyms of Hohhot
Forms of Hohhot
| alternative form | Huhehot |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Huhhot |
| alternative form | Kuku Khoto |
| alternative form | Kökeqota |
| alternative form | Kokeqota |
Origin of Hohhot
From Mongolian Хөх хот (Xöx xot), modern form of ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠠ (kökeqota), from ᠬᠥᠬᠡ (köke, “dark blue; (hist.) green, grue”) + ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (qota, “town, city”), given to the settlement by Altan Khan in the 1580s. His previous palace and monastery established outside modern Baotou in 1572 bore the same name, although it is now frequently connected to the nearby Daqing Mountains instead, whose name is similarly ambiguous between blue and green.
Questions about Hohhot
- What does Hohhot mean?
- Hohhot means the capital city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in north-central China.
- What is Hohhot in Arabic?
- Hohhot in Arabic is هُوهِيهُوت (huhihūt), خُوخِيخَاوْتِي (ḵuḵiḵawtī). See Hohhot meaning in Arabic.
- How do you use Hohhot in a sentence?
- And it is one in the eye for Yili, its bigger cross-town dairy rival in Hohhot, the regional capital of Inner Mongolia.
- What part of speech is Hohhot?
- Hohhot is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Hohhot?
- Hohhot is pronounced /hoʊˈhɒt/.
Words near Hohhot in the dictionary
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