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Inner Mongolia en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From inner (“near, seen from China proper”) + Mongolia.

Meanings

  1. An autonomous region of China, south of Mongolia, with a closely related native Mongolian population, mostly north of the Great Wall. Capital: Hohhot.
    • As elsewhere in China, Xinjiang has been stepping up efforts to banish ethnic-minority languages from schools—a policy that has recently triggered protests by parents in Inner Mongolia, a northern region. 2020 October 17, “Orphaned by the state”, in The Economist, volume 437, number 9216, page 37:
    • The Shenzhou 13 space capsule landed in the Gobi desert in the northern region of Inner Mongolia, shown live on state TV. 2022 April 16, “Chinese astronauts land after 6 months on space station”, in AP News, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2022:
    • Temperatures in Yakeshi in Inner Mongolia (內蒙古) dropped to minus 28 degrees Celsius yesterday, while Harbin (哈爾濱) in Heilongjiang (黑龍江) province experienced minus 19 degrees. 2016 January 21, Alice Yan, Lai Ying Kit, Mimi Lau, “Incredible scenes as mainland shoppers strip supermarket shelves ahead of big chill”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2016, China:
    • The twenty-four tribes, or Aimaks, in Inner Mongolia constitute forty-nine standards or Khochoun,—Ke, in Chinese. 1834, Charles Gutzlaff, A Sketch of Chinese History, volume 1, page 12:
    • Inner Mongolia has no lakes of any importance, and those of the Kalkas are small; but Kobdo is a country of lakes, as well as of mountains. 1832 August, “Ta-tsing wan-neen yih-tung King-wei Yu-too,—“A general geographical map, with degrees of latitude and longitude, of the Empire of the Ta-tsing Dynasty—may it last for ever.” By Le Ming-che Tsing-lae.”, in The Chinese Repository, volume 1, number 4, Canton, page 120:
    • The Chinese Communist regime has drastically reduced the size of Inner Mongolia and greatly boosted Chinese immigration there in an effort to reduce the Russian threat on the Mongolian border.[…] With the heavy concentration of Soviet troops along the borders of Inner Mongolia, Peiping fears that the Mongolians might rise to pave the way for a Russian invasion, the report said. By cutting up Inner Mongolia and reducing the Mongolian population, the Chinese Communists hope to make their tight control of the Mongolians easier in face of the Russian threat, the report said. 1973 February 4, “Size of Inner Mongolia reduced”, in Free China Weekly, volume XIV, number 5, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
    • The number of deaths due to a collapse of a mine in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region climbed to six as rescue efforts to locate the 47 missing continued, state media reported Friday. 2023 February 24, “China mine collapse death toll climbs to 6”, in EFE, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2023:

Coordinates

Outer Mongolia

Deriveds

Inner Mongolian

Synonyms

Nei Mongol · Nei Menggu · Southern Mongolia

Translations (69)

ro Mongolia Interioară (autonomous region in northern China) · lv Iekšējā Mongolija (autonomous region in northern China) · pt Mongólia Interior (autonomous region in northern China) · bg Въ́трешна Монго́лия (autonomous region in northern China) · bua Үбэр-Монгол (autonomous region in northern China) · tk Içerki Mongoliýa (autonomous region in northern China) · ky Ички Монголия (autonomous region in northern China) · sq Mongolia e Brendshme (autonomous region in northern China) · is Innri-Mongólía (autonomous region in northern China) · za Neimungzguj (autonomous region in northern China) · tr İç Moğolistan (autonomous region in northern China) · da Indre Mongoli (autonomous region in northern China) · de Innere Mongolei (autonomous region in northern China) · vi Nội Mông Cổ (autonomous region in northern China) · nb Indre Mongolia (autonomous region in northern China) · xal Өвр Моңһл (autonomous region in northern China) · cmn 內蒙古 /内蒙古 (autonomous region in northern China) · dng Hыймынгў (autonomous region in northern China) · mk Внатрешна Монголија (autonomous region in northern China) · ko 내몽고 (autonomous region in northern China) · et Sise-Mongoolia (autonomous region in northern China) · fi Sisä-Mongolia (autonomous region in northern China) · uz Ichki Moʻgʻuliston (autonomous region in northern China) · nl Binnen-Mongolië (autonomous region in northern China) · pl Mongolia Wewnętrzna (autonomous region in northern China) · es Mongolia Interior (autonomous region in northern China) · ja 内モンゴル (autonomous region in northern China) · mnc ᡩᠣᡵᡤᡳ ᠮᠣᠩᡤᠣ (autonomous region in northern China) · sh Унутрашња Монголија (autonomous region in northern China) · fo Innara Mongolia (autonomous region in northern China) · ka შიგა მონღოლეთი (autonomous region in northern China) · kk Ішкі Моңғолия (autonomous region in northern China) · tyv Иштики Моол (autonomous region in northern China) · sh Унутарња Монголија (autonomous region in northern China) · az Daxili Monqolustan (autonomous region in northern China) · mn Өвөр Монгол (autonomous region in northern China) · sh Unutarnja Mongolija (autonomous region in northern China) · it Mongolia Interna (autonomous region in northern China) · ar مُنْغُولِيَا اَلدَّاخِلِيَّة (autonomous region in northern China) · ca Mongòlia Interior (autonomous region in northern China) · cs Vnitřní Mongolsko (autonomous region in northern China) · mn ᠥᠪᠥᠷ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ (autonomous region in northern China) · kjh Істідегі Моол чирі (autonomous region in northern China) · sk Vnútorné Mongolsko (autonomous region in northern China) · uk Вну́трішня Монго́лія (autonomous region in northern China) · te లోపలి మంగోలియా (autonomous region in northern China) · ja 内蒙古 (autonomous region in northern China) · fr Mongolie intérieure (autonomous region in northern China) · ru Нэй-Мэнгу́ (autonomous region in northern China) · be Уну́траная Манго́лія (autonomous region in northern China) · cmn 內蒙 /内蒙 (autonomous region in northern China) · sl Notranja Mongolija (autonomous region in northern China) · id Mongolia Dalam (autonomous region in northern China) · ga an Ion-Mhongóil (autonomous region in northern China) · ug ئىچكى موڭغۇلىيە (autonomous region in northern China) · hu Belső-Mongólia (autonomous region in northern China) · th มองโกเลียใน (autonomous region in northern China) · hy Ներքին Մոնղոլիա (autonomous region in northern China) · sh Unutrašnja Mongolija (autonomous region in northern China) · tg Муғулистони Дохилӣ (autonomous region in northern China) · hi भीतरी मंगोलिया (autonomous region in northern China) · fa مغولستان داخلی (autonomous region in northern China) · eo Interna Mongolio (autonomous region in northern China) · mnc ᡩᠣᡵᡤᡳ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᡴ ᠮᠣᠩᡤᠣ (autonomous region in northern China) · vi Nội Mông (autonomous region in northern China) · bo ནང་སོག (autonomous region in northern China) · sv Inre Mongoliet (autonomous region in northern China) · ru Вну́тренняя Монго́лия (autonomous region in northern China) · lt Vidinė Mongolija (autonomous region in northern China)