What does "somon" mean?

Alternative form of sum (“Mongolian administrative division”), particularly in relation to Buryatia, Russia.

What is a synonym for "somon"?

Common synonyms include: sum up, summarize, add, add, add together, add up.

Somon

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Noun

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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."

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sum up summarize add add add together add up

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"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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