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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

네이멍구 자치구

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Neimeong-gu Jachigu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Inner Mongolia
proper nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"네이멍구는 광활한 초원으로 유명합니다."

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1 sense
As proper noun
  1. 1

    An autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern part of the country along the border with Mongolia and Russia.

    "Vast grasslands and deserts define the striking landscape of Inner Mongolia."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English calque of the Chinese 'Nèi Mēnggǔ', where 'Inner' distinguishes the region geographically closer to the Chinese heartland from 'Outer Mongolia', an historical designation used during the Qing dynasty. The term 'Mongolia' originates from the ethnonym Mongol, combined with the Latin suffix -ia, reflecting the traditional homeland of the Mongol peoples.

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