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Somon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of sum (“Mongolian administrative division”), particularly in relation to Buryatia, Russia. alt-of, alternative

    "Next day we drove through hilly pasture, in which we observed two large flocks of cranes, to Kharkorin, once the imperial city of Ogodei Khan, now a somon centre and state farm lying in a great plain encircled by mountains."

Etymology

From Russian сомон (somon), from Buryat сомон (somon), from Mongolian ᠰᠤᠮᠤ (sumu). Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”).

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