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Orkhon
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English
Orkhon River
Alternative forms
en Orhon Orkon
Etymology
From en fr Orkhon, from en cmg ᠣᠷᠬᠣᠨ, a Orkhon Valley valley and Orkhon River river in central Mongolia where Old Turkic inscriptions were discovered.
Pronunciation
ôr′kŏnOrkhon River or Orhon River 1391 1
Proper noun
The Old Turkic script.
en tributary riv/Selenga in c/Mongolia.
en January 6, 1975 Christopher S. Wren MONGOLIA SPURS BIG MINE PROJECT w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20241208211227/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/06/archives/mongolia-spurs-big-mine-project-soviet-aids-in-preparations-to.html https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/06/archives/mongolia-spurs-big-mine-project-soviet-aids-in-preparations-to.html December 08, 2024 0362-4331 1645522 5 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.
en valley c/Mongolia surrounding the river of the same name
en province/and/aimag c/Mongolia Erdenet.
en district/and/sum p/Bulgan c/Mongolia.
en district/and/sum p/Darkhan-Uul c/Mongolia.
en district/and/sum p/Selenge c/Mongolia.
Noun
A sheep of a Mongolian breed developed in 1961, reared primarily for wool.
Translations
river
Russian: ru Орхон m
valley
province
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