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Khanbalik
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English
Khanbaliq
Alternative forms
en Cambaluc Cambuluc Chanbalik Cambalik Cambalic Chanbalig Kambalig
en Khanbaliq Khanbalikh Khanbaligh
en Qanbaliq
en Kanbalu
Etymology
From en cmg ᠬᠠᠨᠪᠠᠯᠢᠭ, from en xng ᠬᠠᠨᠪᠠᠯᠢᠭ City of the Khan, from xng ᠬᠠᠨ ᠪᠠᠯᠢᠭ 1, both possibly from en otk -. Compare mn Ханбалиг.
Proper noun
en proper noun
en historic The capital of the Mongolian Yuan dynasty, at the site of present-day Beijing.
en Dadu Daidu Ta-tu Beijing obsolete inexact
en 1999 Beijing The Book of the World 2nd United States w:Macmillan Atlas 0-02-864966-4 98-20881 1144581951 367 Genghis Khan initiated Beijing's nearly 800-year dominance over the Middle Kingdom. The city's current population numbers ten million people, far more than lived here in 1215 A.D. when the Mongol warlord conquered the strategically significant power center of Yanying and built Khanbalik, his new residence.
Translations
capital of the Mongolian Yuan dynasty
Chagatai: chg خانبالیغ xan-balıġ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 汗八里, cmn 元大都 Yuán Dàdū, cmn 大都 Dàdū
Kazakh: kk Ханбалық
Marathi: mr खानबालिक
Mongolian: mn Хаан балгас, mn Ханбалиг
Persian: fa خانبالغ xân-bâleġ
Russian: ru Ханбалы́к m
Turkish: tr Hanbalık
Ottoman Turkish: ota خانبالق hanbalık
en Beijing