Alxa

English

Etymology

From Mongolian ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ (alaša-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑlˈʃɑː/

Proper noun

Alxa

1. A league in Inner Mongolia, in northern China.
   • 2004 September, Wang Miao [王苗], Shi Baoxiu [石宝琇], “A Detour Through the Desert to Etzina”, in Tracing Marco Polo's China Route [与马可·波罗同行]‎^[1], China Intercontinental Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 150:

     The city Marco Polo called Kalachan was somewhere in today’s Alxa League, a large area encompassing both Alxa Left Banner and Alxa Right Banner, a banner being equivalent to a county.

   • 2020 October 9, “Xinhua Silk Road: China’s large-scale desert off-road festival delights participants with visual feast”, in AP News, PR Newswire‎^[2], archived from the original on 28 June 2022‎^[3]:

     The 15th Alxa Festival, which was held in the Alxa League of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region from October 1 to October 5, has attracted many off-road players, enthusiasts and tourists to enjoy the race.

   • 2023 February 23, Chang Che, John Liu, “More Than 50 Missing After Coal Mine Collapses in Northern China”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-23, Asia Pacific‎^[5]:

     More than 500 emergency personnel were at the mine in Alxa League, a prefecture in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, by late Wednesday night, state media said.

Translations

league

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿拉善 (zh) (Ālāshàn)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Manchu: ᠠᠯᠠᡧᠠᠨ (alašan)
• Mongolian: ᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ (alaša)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Alashan Zuoqi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 58, column 2: “Also known as Bayan Hut or Alxa Zuoqi.”

Anagrams

• Laxå, axal