Inner Mongolia love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • An autonomous region of northeast China. Originally the southern section of Mongolia, it was annexed by the Manchus in the 1600s, later becoming an integral part of China. Hohhot is the capital.

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  • proper noun An East Asian region, south of Outer Mongolia (the present Mongolian republic), with closely related native Mongolian population, mostly north of the Great Wall, which however became part of the Chinese empire, and later an autonomous region in the People's Republic of China, comprising several northern provinces

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  • noun an autonomous region of northeastern China that was annexed by the Manchu rulers in 1635 and became an integral part of China in 1911

Etymologies

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inner (near, seen from China) + Mongolia

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Examples

  • However, eyeing a new opportunity, many businessmen in collusion with local Chinese Communist Party officials have opened or reopened hundreds of illegal (and undoubtedly unsafe) mines in Inner Mongolia, which is situated directly to the north of Shanxi province.

    China's Traffic Jam Tells A Story 2010

  • However, eyeing a new opportunity, many businessmen in collusion with local Chinese Communist Party officials have opened or reopened hundreds of illegal (and undoubtedly unsafe) mines in Inner Mongolia, which is situated directly to the north of Shanxi province.

    China's Traffic Jam Tells A Story 2010

  • An ethnic Mongolian, he was born in Inner Mongolia, which is part of China.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Inner Mongolia, which is a part of China and not to be confused with Mongolia, is

    TreeHugger 2010

  • The other China, however, is western China -- the China of relatively unknown provinces such as Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, and Xinjiang.

    Fool.com: The Motley Fool 2009

  • Circle of Blue reports from the front lines, such as Inner Mongolia where desertification produces conditions reminiscent of the American Dustbowl.

    CSRwire.com 2008

  • China accused "foreign forces" of trying to exploit protests by ethnic Mongolian students in Inner Mongolia, even as the government pledged to address some of the underlying issues—the mining industry's rapid expansion and its impact on the environment.

    What's News— 2011

  • HOHHOT, China—China accused unspecified "foreign forces" of trying to exploit protests by ethnic Mongolian students in Inner Mongolia, even as the government pledged to address some of the underlying issues—the mining industry's rapid expansion and its impact on the environment.

    China Says Foreigners Fuel Unrest in Mongolia Brian Spegele 2011

  • Associated Press/Kyodo News Chinese paramilitary police jog in formation in Hohhot, in the province of Inner Mongolia, on Monday.

    China Makes Effort to Cool Unrest in Inner Mongolia Brian Spegele 2011

  • China—which rarely admits to any tension among its ethnic groups—blamed the unrest in Tibet and Xinjiang on unspecified "hostile" foreign forces, and made similar allegations about the protests in Inner Mongolia.

    China Says Foreigners Fuel Unrest in Mongolia Brian Spegele 2011

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