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Outer Mongolia

British  

noun

  1. the former name (until 1924) of the republic of Mongolia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mongolia, once known as Outer Mongolia, was part of China until 1921, when it achieved independence with the help of the then Soviet Union.

From Reuters Jun. 3, 2023

"After it crossed north Belfast, for me it might as well have been Outer Mongolia, it was that far away from where my normal haunts were," he said.

From BBC Jan. 20, 2023

Christina Hodson—a screenwriter and producer in Los Angeles, who got to know Hillary through a friend—was writing on her behalf, to let me know that Hillary was planning a trip to Outer Mongolia.

From The New Yorker Jul. 26, 2019

I made the journey all the way to Outer Mongolia, er, the Elkhorn Mountains, this month for six days of adventure.

From Washington Times Aug. 1, 2015

Article 3 of the Kiakhta Agreement, 1915, prohibiting Outer Mongolia from concluding treaties with foreign powers respecting political and territorial question acknowledges China's right to negotiate and make such treaties.

From The Fight for the Republic in China by Simpson, Bertram Lenox

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