Ordos

American  

[awr-dos] / ˈɔr dɒs /

noun

1. a desert plateau in the southern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in northern China. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).

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Example Sentences

On Friday, the city of Ordos in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia said it will "draw lessons" from the recent "problems" uncovered in epidemic prevention in some places in China.

From Reuters • Nov. 4, 2022

Their feedback loop goes way back: Ma’s wavy Ordos Museum in China’s Inner Mongolia was the reason Lucas put him on his museum shortlist.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2020

Malaysia’s Forest City had its price initially pegged at $100bn, while Ordos Kangbashi cost a hulking $161bn.

From The Guardian • Jul. 10, 2019

Ordos was one of the prime exhibits in an infamous presentation by Jim Chanos, a well-known short-seller, at the London School of Economics in January 2010.

From Economist • May 24, 2012

In these central parts of the Gobi, as indeed in all other parts except the desert of Lop and Ordos, the prevailing winds blow from the W. and N.W.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various