Etymograph

English

Khorgas

Khorgas may come from Russian Хо́ргас.

  1. RussianmodernХо́ргасXórgasuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2005Khorgas

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. RussianmodernХо́ргасXórgasuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2005Khorgas

Earliest quotation: 2005, Hugh Pope, Sons of the Conquerors: “On the Chinese side of the Khorgas border point,…”

Today it means

name A county-level city of Ili, Xinjiang autonomous region, China on the border with Kazakhstan.

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

Etymograph / Russian Хо́ргас / Khorgas