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Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolia proper noun: an autonomous region of China, south of Mongolia, with a closely related native Mongolian population, mostly north of the Great Wall. Capital: Hohhot.

Proper noun

Inner Mongolia

  1. An autonomous region of China, south of Mongolia, with a closely related native Mongolian population, mostly north of the Great Wall. Capital: Hohhot.
    • Inner Mongolia has no lakes of any importance, and those of the Kalkas are small; but Kobdo is a country of lakes, as well as of mountains.1832 August, “Ta-tsing wan-neen yih-tung King-wei Yu-too,—“A general geographical map, with degrees of latitude and longitude, of the Empire of the Ta-tsing Dynasty—may it last for ever.” By Le...
    • The twenty-four tribes, or Aimaks, in Inner Mongolia constitute forty-nine standards or Khochoun,—Ke, in Chinese.1834, Charles Gutzlaff, A Sketch of Chinese History, volume 1, page 12

Inner Mongolia meaning in Hindi, Telugu, Arabic and Indonesian

Inner Mongolia in Hindi

autonomous region in northern China
भीतरी मंगोलिया bhītrī maṅgoliyā

Inner Mongolia in Telugu

autonomous region in northern China
లోపలి మంగోలియా lōpali maṅgōliyā

Inner Mongolia in Arabic

autonomous region in northern China
مُنْغُولِيَا اَلدَّاخِلِيَّة munḡūliyā d-dāḵiliyya

Inner Mongolia in Indonesian

autonomous region in northern China
Mongolia Dalam
More languagesFewer languages
Inner Mongolia in Persian
مغولستان داخلی moġolestân-e dâxeli
Inner Mongolia in Thai
มองโกเลียใน
Inner Mongolia in Vietnamese
Nội Mông, Nội Mông Cổ

Examples of Inner Mongolia in a sentence

  • Temperatures in Yakeshi in Inner Mongolia (內蒙古) dropped to minus 28 degrees Celsius yesterday, while Harbin (哈爾濱) in Heilongjiang (黑龍江) province experienced minus 19 degrees.2016 January 21, Alice Yan, Lai Ying Kit, Mimi Lau, “Incredible scenes as mainland shoppers strip supermarket shelves ahead of big chill”...
  • The Shenzhou 13 space capsule landed in the Gobi desert in the northern region of Inner Mongolia, shown live on state TV.2022 April 16, “Chinese astronauts land after 6 months on space station”, in AP News, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2022:
  • The number of deaths due to a collapse of a mine in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region climbed to six as rescue efforts to locate the 47 missing continued, state media reported Friday.2023 February 24, “China mine collapse death toll climbs to 6”, in EFE, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2023:

Synonyms of Inner Mongolia

Origin of Inner Mongolia

From inner (“near, seen from China proper”) + Mongolia.

Words formed from Inner Mongolia

Questions about Inner Mongolia

What does Inner Mongolia mean?
Inner Mongolia means an autonomous region of China, south of Mongolia, with a closely related native Mongolian population, mostly north of the Great Wall. Capital: Hohhot.
What is Inner Mongolia in Hindi?
Inner Mongolia in Hindi is भीतरी मंगोलिया (bhītrī maṅgoliyā). See Inner Mongolia meaning in Hindi.
How do you use Inner Mongolia in a sentence?
Temperatures in Yakeshi in Inner Mongolia (內蒙古) dropped to minus 28 degrees Celsius yesterday, while Harbin (哈爾濱) in Heilongjiang (黑龍江) province experienced minus 19 degrees.
What part of speech is Inner Mongolia?
Inner Mongolia is a proper noun.

Words near Inner Mongolia in the dictionary

  1. inner marker
  2. inner markers
  3. inner men
  4. inner mission
  5. inner missions
  6. Inner Mongolia
  7. Inner Mongolian
  8. Inner Mongolians
  9. inner Oort Cloud
  10. inner Oort Clouds
  11. inner orbital complex

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