Gobi

[ goh-bee ]

noun

1. a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia. About 500,000 sq. mi. (1,295,000 sq. km).

Gobi

/ ˈɡəʊbɪ /

noun

1. a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia and the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China: sometimes considered to include all the arid regions east of the Pamirs and north of the plateau of Tibet and the Great Wall of China: one of the largest deserts in the world. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles). Width: about 1000 km (625 miles). Average height: 900 m (3000 ft) Chinese nameShamo

Other Words From

• Gobi·an adjective

Example Sentences

The town of Liqian sits on the edge of the Gobi desert, 200 miles from any metropolis, and 4,500 miles from Rome.

From The Daily Beast

Under Mongolian law, any fossil specimen found in the Gobi Desert must stay in the possession of a Mongolian institution.

From The Daily Beast

They style themselves, as well as the place they inhabit, Gobi.

From Project Gutenberg

At midnight we reach our destination, a settlement called Manchury, lost in a corner of the desert of Gobi.

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We were crossing the north-eastern border of the Gobi desert, and if ever desert was rightly so named, it is this one.

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The country no longer showed the barren desolation of the Gobi desert, nor the romantic wildness of Central Manchuria.

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Instantly they settled over the Colorado settlement, the Sahara colony, and the Gobi colony.

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