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Kalgan

Kalgan proper noun: synonym of Zhangjiakou.

Proper noun

Kalgan

  1. (dated) Synonym of Zhangjiakou.
    • Of the Mongall Tartars.
      The Mongalls are a numerous people, and occupy a large extent of country, from this place to the Kallgan, which ſignifies the everlaſting Wall, or the great wall of China. From this wall they ſtretch themſelves northward as far as the river Amoor; and from the Amoor...[1767, Annual register, or a view of the history and politics and literature for the year, page 38, column 2
    • It may here be mentioned that the traveller who obtains Russian official assistance can cover the distance between Moscow and Peking in thirty and a half days—that is to say, by rail to Irkutsk, ten and a half days; thence to Kiachta by the post-road, four days; Kiachta to Urga by post-road, three...1900, Archibald R. Colquhoun, The 'Overland' To China, Harper & Brothers, page 121
    Synonyms:
    Zhangjiakou

Examples of Kalgan in a sentence

  • Just before my arrival in Kalgan a fête had been given by the Ter Wang, a Mongol Prince of Inner Mongolia.1946, Mrs. S. Baker-Car, “Kalgan”, in Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society, volume 33, number 2, page 213:
  • On one occasion on a return journey from Shensi I came into Kalgan, a gate to the Great Wall of China, on Christmas Eve, with snow and temperatures below zero.1951, Herbert Hoover, The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, Years of Adventure 1874-1920, New York: Macmillan Company, →OCLC, →OL, page 42:

Synonyms of Kalgan

Origin of Kalgan

From Mongolian ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭᠠᠨ (qagalɣan, “gate”), from Mongolian ᠴᠢᠭᠣᠯᠠᠯᠲᠣ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ (čiɣolalto kagalɣ-a, “meeting or assembly gate”), from its important position on Mongolia's trade routes with northern China.

Questions about Kalgan

What does Kalgan mean?
Kalgan means synonym of Zhangjiakou.
How do you use Kalgan in a sentence?
Just before my arrival in Kalgan a fête had been given by the Ter Wang, a Mongol Prince of Inner Mongolia.
What part of speech is Kalgan?
Kalgan is a proper noun.

Words near Kalgan in the dictionary

  1. kaleyards
  2. Kaleys
  3. Kalfus
  4. Kalfuses
  5. Kalga
  6. Kalgan
  7. kalghi
  8. kalghis
  9. kalgi
  10. kalgis
  11. Kalgoorlie

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