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Orhon

Orhon is the alternative form of Orkhon.

Meaning of Orkhon

Proper noun

Orkhon

  1. The Old Turkic script.
  2. A tributary of the Selenga in Mongolia.
    • Extensive deposits of copper and molybdenum ore, situated some 200 miles northwest of Ulan Bator between the Selenga and Orkhon Rivers, will eventually be extracted by open‐pit methods and processed at the still unfinished town of Erdenet.1975 January 6, Christopher S. Wren, “MONGOLIA SPURS BIG MINE PROJECT”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2024, page 5
  3. A valley in Mongolia surrounding the river of the same name
  4. A province and aimag of Mongolia. Capital: Erdenet.
  5. A district and sum of Bulgan, Mongolia.
  6. A district and sum of Darkhan-Uul, Mongolia.

See all 8 meanings of Orkhon

Forms of Orhon

pluralOrhons

Questions about Orhon

What is Orhon the alternative form of?
Orhon is the alternative form of Orkhon.

Words near Orhon in the dictionary

  1. orh nee
  2. Orhei
  3. orhni
  4. orhnis
  5. Orhomenos
  6. Orhon
  7. Orhons
  8. Ori
  9. Oriard
  10. Orias
  11. Oriax

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Orhon (page history and authors); Orkhon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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