Züünkharaa

English

Etymology

From Mongolian Зүүнхараа (Züünxaraa).

Proper noun

Züünkharaa

1. A city in Mongolia
   • 2002, Claire Sermier, “Northern Aimags”, in Helen Loveday, transl., Mongolia: Empire of the Steppes‎^[1], Airphoto International Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 192:

     South-west of Darkhan is Zuunkharaa, mainly a goods redistribution centre with one distillery. The mountain scenery and the small wooden homes make this an attractive area.

   • 2017 [2008], Xu Hongci, “Epilogue”, in Erling Hoh, transl., edited by Erling Hoh, No Wall Too High: One Man's Daring Escape from Mao's Darkest Prison‎^[2], 1st edition (Memoir / History), New York: Sarah Crichton Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 280:

     Hongci spent the winter as a labor camp convict in Züünkharaa in the northern province of Selenge, felling trees in temperatures that dropped below minus forty degrees Fahrenheit.

Translations

a city in Mongolia

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宗哈拉

• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Зүүнхараа (Züünxaraa)

  Mongolian: ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ ᠢᠶᠠᠷ ᠢᠶᠠᠨ (ǰegün-iyar-iyan)

• Russian: Зуунэхараа m or f (Zuunɛxaraa)