Öndörkhaan

English

Etymology

From Mongolian Өндөрхаан (Öndörxaan).

Proper noun

Öndörkhaan

1. A city in Khentii, Mongolia.
   • [2016 June 29, “80-km road links Ondorkhaan and Choibalsan towns of Mongolia”, in AKIpress News Agency‎^[1], archived from the original on December 08, 2024, Business‎^[2]:

     Ondorkhaan is located 290 km east of Ulaanbaatar. It has a population of roughly 15,000 persons and serves as the capital of Khentii province.]

   • 2023 August 24, James Gethyn Evans, “A Plane Crash and Prigozhin’s Lin Biao Moment”, in The Diplomat‎^[3], archived from the original on August 24, 2023, China Power‎^[4]:

     Öndörkhaan is a sleepy town in Mongolia of around 20,000 people on the windswept plains of the Asian steppe that derives its livelihood mostly from coal mining. At first glance, it seems like an unlikely stage for a drama-filled episode of international intrigue.
     Yet in 1971, Öndörkhaan, recently renamed Chinggis City in honor of Mongolia’s legendary ruler Genghis Khan, who was born nearby, became a flashpoint for global intrigue that highlighted the power for revenge within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Translations

a city in Mongolia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溫都爾汗 / 温都尔汗 (zh) (Wēndū'ěrhán)

• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Өндөрхаан (Öndörxaan)

  Mongolian: ᠥᠨᠳᠦᠷᠬᠠᠨ (öndürqan)

• Russian: Ундэрхаа́н m (Undɛrxaán)