Inner Mongolia

[in-er mong-goh-lee-uh, ‐mon]

noun

1. an administrative division in northeastern China, adjoining the Mongolian People's Republic. 174,000 sq. mi. (450,660 sq. km). Hohhot.

Inner Mongolia

noun

1. an autonomous region of NE China: consists chiefly of the Mongolian plateau, with the Gobi Desert in the north and the Great Wall of China in the south. Capital: Hohhot. Pop: 23 800 000 (2003 est). Area: 1 177 500 sq km (459 225 sq miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Inner Mongolia¹

First recorded in 1830–35

Example Sentences

Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and Tibet were hit especially hard—the Dalai Lama having already fled the latter in 1959.

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A robotic arm drilled into the soil to collect 2kg of material, which was brought back to Earth in a capsule which landed in Inner Mongolia.

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In a visit to Inner Mongolia in 1992, the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who oversaw China's economic reform, famously said: "The Middle East has oil and China has rare earths".

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The entire probe is due to return in about three weeks' time to a landing site in Inner Mongolia.

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The container will be transferred to a reentry capsule that is due to return to Earth in the deserts of China’s Inner Mongolia region about June 25.

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