Khanbalik

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