Etymograph

English

Erenhot

Erenhot comes from Mongolian ᠡᠷᠢᠶᠡᠡ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ.

  1. Mongolianmodernᠡᠷᠢᠶᠡᠡ ᠬᠣᠲᠠeriyee qota
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1988Erenhot

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mongolianmodernᠡᠷᠢᠶᠡᠡ ᠬᠣᠲᠠeriyee qota
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1988Erenhot

Earliest quotation: 1988, Paul Theroux, China Passage: “At the border town of Erenhot, the people working…”

Today it means

name A county-level city of Xilingol, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mongolian ᠡᠷᠢᠶᠡᠡ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ / Erenhot