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Ulan Bator en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈuːlɑːn ˈbɑːtɔː(ɹ)/
  • o͞oʹlän bäʹtōr
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • o͞oʹlän bäʹtôrʹ

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Улан-Ба́тор (Ulan-Bátor), from Mongolian ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠪᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤᠷ (Ulaɣanbaɣatur).

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Ulaanbaatar.
    • Ulan Bator is the world’s coldest capital, and even in early September, snow is not unusual. But we arrived on a crystal-clear day with bright sunshine. 2003, Hillary Rodham Clinton, “Women's Rights Are Human Rights”, in Living History, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 308:
    • Extensive deposits of copper and molybdenum ore, situated some 200 miles northwest of Ulan Bator between the Selenga and Orkhon Rivers, will eventually be extracted by open‐pit methods and processed at the still unfinished town of Erdenet. 1975 January 6, Christopher S. Wren, “MONGOLIA SPURS BIG MINE PROJECT”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2024, page 5: