English Explanatory Dictionary

Bayannur

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A prefecture-level city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in northern China.

Word forms

Bayannur Bayan Nur Bayan-Nur

Etymology

From Mongolian ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (bayannaɣur), from ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ (bayan) + ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (naɣur). Compare Mandarin 巴彥淖爾 /巴彦淖尔 (Bāyànnào'ěr). See also Ordos /nʊːr/, Mongolian нуур (nuur, “lake”).

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