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Kharkhorin

Kharkhorin proper noun: a city in Övörkhangai, Mongolia.

Proper noun

Kharkhorin

  1. A city in Övörkhangai, Mongolia.
    • Erdene Zuu monastery, in the grasslands on the edge of the ancient capital of Kharkhorin, about 230 miles southwest of Ulan Bator, housed 1,500 lamas before it was destroyed in 1936.2006 August 19, Lindsay Beck, “Buddhism Making a Revival in Mongolia”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2024
    • For the history buff: Erdene Zuu Monastery is located in Kharkhorin, on the northern border of the Ovorkhangai Province.2017 March 14, Nicole Evatt, “In the wilds of Mongolia: Horses, sand dunes and stargazing”, in AP News, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2019

Examples of Kharkhorin in a sentence

  • How to get there: fly to Chinggis Khaan International Airport, Ulan Bator, from where you can take a four-hour bus ride to the town of Kharkhorin.2018 September 22, “Five of the best places to go off grid in Asia, get back to nature and away from office phone calls”, in South China...
  • After two days of sightseeing in Ulaanbaatar, wordsmiths head to Kharkhorin, the town that was the Mongol Empire’s capital in the 13th century, where the retreat truly begins.2025 February 13, Ginanne Brownell, “Sometimes the Best Gift Is Time Alone”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Origin of Kharkhorin

From Mongolian Хархорин (Xarxorin).

Questions about Kharkhorin

What does Kharkhorin mean?
Kharkhorin means a city in Övörkhangai, Mongolia.
How do you use Kharkhorin in a sentence?
How to get there: fly to Chinggis Khaan International Airport, Ulan Bator, from where you can take a four-hour bus ride to the town of Kharkhorin.
What part of speech is Kharkhorin?
Kharkhorin is a proper noun.

Words near Kharkhorin in the dictionary

  1. kharitas
  2. kharja
  3. kharjas
  4. Khark
  5. kharkee
  6. Kharkhorin
  7. kharki
  8. Kharkiv
  9. Kharkivian
  10. Kharkivians
  11. Kharkivite

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