I ran across her in Mongolia, of all places.
Source: tatoeba (267064)
Mongolia
/mɑŋˈɡoʊli.ə/
Synonyms for "mongolia" (5 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: country, geopolitical entity, landlocked country, landlocked state, nation.
- Sentence evidence is available for mongolia, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from opengloss.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "mongolia".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "mongolia"
Keep "mongolia" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "mongolia" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "mongolia", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "mongolia" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
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Translations
162 translations across 137 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- Монголие name (East Asian country)
Afrikaans
1 entries- Mongolië name (East Asian country)
Albanian
2 entries- Mongoli name (East Asian country)
- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Amharic
1 entries- ሞንጎልያ name (East Asian country)
Arabic
2 entries- مُنْغُولِيَا name (East Asian country)
- مُنْغُولِيَا name (East Asian country)
Armenian
1 entries- Մոնղոլիա name (East Asian country)
Aromanian
2 entries- Mungulia name (East Asian country)
- Mungulii name (East Asian country)
Assamese
1 entries- মংগোলিয়া name (East Asian country)
Asturian
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- Monqolustan name (East Asian country)
Bashkir
1 entries- Монголия name (East Asian country)
Basque
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Belarusian
1 entries- Манго́лія name (East Asian country)
Bengali
1 entries- মঙ্গোলিয়া name (East Asian country)
Breton
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Монго́лия name (East Asian country)
Burmese
1 entries- မွန်ဂိုးလီးယား name (East Asian country)
Buryat
2 entries- Монгол name (East Asian country)
- Монгол Улас name (East Asian country)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- Монґо́лія name (East Asian country)
Catalan
1 entries- Mongòlia name (East Asian country)
Chechen
1 entries- Монголи name (East Asian country)
Chinese
2 entries- Мынгў name (East Asian country)
- 蒙古 name (East Asian country)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 蒙古 name (East Asian country)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 蒙古 name (East Asian country)
- 蒙古國 /蒙古国 name (East Asian country)
Church Slavic
1 entries- Мѫголи name (East Asian country)
Chuvash
1 entries- Монголи name (East Asian country)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- Moğolistan name (East Asian country)
- Моғолистан name (East Asian country)
Czech
1 entries- Mongolsko name (East Asian country)
Danish
1 entries- Mongoliet name (East Asian country)
Dari
2 entries- مَنْگولِیَا name (East Asian country)
- مُغُولِسْتان name (East Asian country)
Dhivehi
1 entries- މޮންގޯލިއާ name (East Asian country)
Dutch
1 entries- Mongolië name (East Asian country)
Dzongkha
1 entries- སོག་པོ་ name (East Asian country)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 蒙古 name (East Asian country)
Esperanto
2 entries- Mongolio name (East Asian country)
- Mongolujo name (East Asian country)
Estonian
1 entries- Mongoolia name (East Asian country)
Evenki
1 entries- Монгол name (East Asian country)
Finnish
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
French
1 entries- Mongolie name (East Asian country)
Friulian
1 entries- Mongolie name (East Asian country)
Galician
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Georgian
1 entries- მონღოლეთი name (East Asian country)
German
1 entries- Mongolei name (East Asian country)
Greek
1 entries- Μογγολία name (East Asian country)
Gujarati
1 entries- મંગોલિયા name (East Asian country)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 蒙古 name (East Asian country)
Hausa
2 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
- Mongoliya name (East Asian country)
Hebrew
1 entries- מוֹנְגּוֹלְיָה name (East Asian country)
Hindi
1 entries- मंगोलिया name (East Asian country)
Hungarian
1 entries- Mongólia name (East Asian country)
Icelandic
1 entries- Mongólía name (East Asian country)
Ido
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Indonesian
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Interlingua
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- مُغولِسْتان name (East Asian country)
Irish
1 entries- An Mhongóil name (East Asian country)
Italian
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Japanese
2 entries- モンゴル name (East Asian country)
- 蒙古 name (East Asian country)
Kalenjin
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Kalmyk
1 entries- Моңһл name (East Asian country)
Kamba
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Kannada
1 entries- ಮಂಗೋಲಿಯ name (East Asian country)
Kashubian
1 entries- Mòngolskô name (East Asian country)
Kazakh
2 entries- Моңғолия name (East Asian country)
- موڭعۇليا name (East Asian country)
Khakas
1 entries- Моол чирі name (East Asian country)
Khmer
1 entries- ម៉ុងហ្គោលី name (East Asian country)
Kikuyu
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Korean
2 entries- 몽고 name (East Asian country)
- 몽골 name (East Asian country)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- Моңголстан name (East Asian country)
Lao
2 entries- ມົງໂກ name (East Asian country)
- ມົງໂກລີ name (East Asian country)
Latin
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Latvian
1 entries- Mongolija name (East Asian country)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Mongolija name (East Asian country)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- Mongolska name (East Asian country)
Luhya
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Luo
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Macedonian
1 entries- Монголија name (East Asian country)
Malay
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Malayalam
1 entries- മംഗോളിയ name (East Asian country)
Maltese
1 entries- il-Mongolja name (East Asian country)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠮᠣᠩᡤᠣ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ name (East Asian country)
Manx
1 entries- Yn Vongoil name (East Asian country)
Marathi
1 entries- मंगोलिया name (East Asian country)
Meru
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Mingrelian
1 entries- მონღოლეთი name (East Asian country)
Mongolian
4 entries- Монгол name (East Asian country)
- Монгол орон name (East Asian country)
- Монгол улс name (East Asian country)
- ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ name (East Asian country)
Māori
1 entries- Mongōria name (East Asian country)
Navajo
1 entries- Chʼah diʼilii bikéyah name (East Asian country)
Nepali
1 entries- मङ्गोलिया name (East Asian country)
Norman
1 entries- Mongolie name (East Asian country)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- Mogolistan name (East Asian country)
- Mongolya name (East Asian country)
- Moxolistan name (East Asian country)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Occitan
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Odia
1 entries- ମଙ୍ଗୋଲିଆ name (East Asian country)
Okinawan
2 entries- モンゴル name (East Asian country)
- 蒙古 name (East Asian country)
Pashto
1 entries- مغولستان name (East Asian country)
Persian
1 entries- مُغُولِسْتَان name (East Asian country)
Polish
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Portuguese
1 entries- Mongólia name (East Asian country)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਮੰਗੋਲੀਆ name (East Asian country)
Romanian
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Russian
1 entries- Монго́лия name (East Asian country)
Sanskrit
1 entries- मंगोलिया name (East Asian country)
Scots
1 entries- Mongolie name (East Asian country)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Mòngōlija name (East Asian country)
- Мо̀нго̄лија name (East Asian country)
Silesian
1 entries- Můngolijo name (East Asian country)
Sinhalese
1 entries- මොංගෝලියාව name (East Asian country)
Slovak
1 entries- Mongolsko name (East Asian country)
Slovene
1 entries- Mongolija name (East Asian country)
Spanish
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Swahili
1 entries- Mongolia name (East Asian country)
Swedish
1 entries- Mongoliet name (East Asian country)
Tagalog
1 entries- Monggolya name (East Asian country)
Tajik
1 entries- Муғулистон name (East Asian country)
Tamil
1 entries- மங்கோலியா name (East Asian country)
Tatar
1 entries- Монголия name (East Asian country)
Telugu
1 entries- మంగోలియా name (East Asian country)
Thai
1 entries- มองโกเลีย name (East Asian country)
Tibetan
2 entries- མོང་གོལ name (East Asian country)
- སོག་ཡུལ name (East Asian country)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ሞንጎልያ name (East Asian country)
Turkish
1 entries- Moğolistan name (East Asian country)
Turkmen
1 entries- Mongoliýa name (East Asian country)
Tuvan
1 entries- Моол name (East Asian country)
Ukrainian
2 entries- Монго́лія name (East Asian country)
- Монґо́лія name (East Asian country)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- Mongolska name (East Asian country)
Urdu
1 entries- مَن٘گولِیا name (East Asian country)
Uyghur
1 entries- موڭغۇلىيە name (East Asian country)
Uzbek
1 entries- Moʻgʻuliston name (East Asian country)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Mông Cổ name (East Asian country)
Volapük
1 entries- Mongolän name (East Asian country)
Written Oirat
1 entries- ᡏᡆᡊᡎᡆᠯ name (East Asian country)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 蒙古 name (East Asian country)
Yakut
1 entries- Монголия name (East Asian country)
Yiddish
1 entries- מאָנגאָליאַ name (East Asian country)
Yoruba
1 entries- Mòǹgólíà name (East Asian country)
Zhuang
1 entries- Mungzguj name (East Asian country)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
China shares borders with Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mongolia and Russia.
Source: tatoeba (522439)
Karakorum is the early capital city of Mongolia.
Source: tatoeba (570945)
Ulaanbaatar is the capital of Mongolia.
Source: tatoeba (570946)
Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "mongolia"?
Closest matches include country, geopolitical entity, landlocked country, landlocked state, nation.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "mongolia"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.