Etymograph

English

Hohhot

Hohhot comes from Mongolian Хөх хот.

  1. MongolianmodernХөх хотXöx xot
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1980Hohhot

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. MongolianmodernХөх хотXöx xot
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1980Hohhot

Earliest quotation: 1980, Jia Lanpo, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press: “The assemblage of stone artifacts at Dingcun represents a…”

A compound of ᠬᠥᠬᠡ ‘dark blue’ + ᠬᠣᠲᠠ ‘town, city’

The story

His previous palace and monastery established outside modern Baotou in 1572 bore the same name, although it is now frequently connected to the nearby Daqing Mountains instead, whose name is similarly ambiguous between blue and green.

Every English word from Mongolian Хөх хот

Today it means

name The capital city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in north-central China.

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

Etymograph / Mongolian Хөх хот / Hohhot

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