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Ordos

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[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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The facility in Ordos will become Inner Mongolia's first whisky distillery when it opens, probably at the end of this year.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2021

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

Ordos museum, China, by MAD Architects, 2011 A museum and landmark for a city in the Gobi desert, whose redevelopment is famously underinhabited.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2017

After a visit to Ordos or Sanya, it is tempting to agree with Mr Chanos that China has overinvested from its northern steppe to its southern shores.

From Economist • May 24, 2012

We now come to the Mongol tradition, which places the tomb of Chinghiz in the country of the Ordos, in the great bend of the Yellow River.

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

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