Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Ordos. Search instead for surdos.

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).


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

An aerial view shows machinery working in an open-pit coal mine in Ejin Horo Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, October 19, 2021.

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2021

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

From Ning-hsia we had 267 miles to the town Pao-te, and now we had to cross the Mongolian district of Ordos, between the Great Wall and the northern bend of the Yellow River.

From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "Ordos" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com