Mongolia

//mɑŋˈɡoʊli.ə// name

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  1. 1
    A country in East Asia. Capital and largest city: Ulaanbaatar.

    "The chemicals abandoned when the paper mill closed are seeping into the ground water and will eventually contaminate the lake, according to a study by the Irkutsk region’s Ministry of Natural Resources. Plans by Mongolia to dam the Selenga River, which flows into the lake, are also a Russian concern."

  2. 2
    A Mongolian-speaking geographic region in East Asia, including the country of Mongolia (Outer Mongolia), the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in China, and sometimes also Buryatia, Tuva and the Altai Republic in Russia. historical

Synonyms

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outer mongolia

Example

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"I ran across her in Mongolia, of all places."

Etymology

From Mongol + -ia.

Related phrases

central asia

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