Orkhon

American  

[awr-kon] / ˈɔr kɒn /

noun

1. a river in eastern central Asia, flowing east, north, and then northeast from the northern central Mongolian People's Republic to the Selenga River. About 400 miles (645 km) long.

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Example Sentences

The Orkhon inscriptions exhibit an old Turkish dialect written in the characters commonly called Runes and this Runic alphabet is used in manuscripts found at Tun-huang and Miran but those hitherto published are not Buddhist.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

I saw a very exciting picture as I passed through a marmot colony near the Orkhon River.

From Beasts, Men and Gods by Ossendowski, Ferdinand

A paper was contributed by Mr. E. Delmar Morgan on 'The Results of the Russian Archæological Researches in the Basin of the Orkhon in Mongolia.'

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

Mohammedan authors say it took its name of Karákorum from the mountains to the south of it, in which the Orkhon had its source.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

The Chinese mention a range of mountains from which the Orkhon flows, called Wu-tê kien shan.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry