Tengri Nor

American  

[teng-gree-nawr, nohr] / ˈtɛŋ griˈnɔr, ˈnoʊr /

noun

1. a salt lake in eastern Tibet, northwest of Lhasa. About 700 square miles (1,813 square kilometers); 15,186 feet (4,629 meters) above sea level.

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Tengri Nor British  

/ ˈtɛŋɡrɪ ˈnɔː /

noun

1. another name for Nam Co

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Etymology

Origin of Tengri Nor

First recorded in 1840–45; from Mongolian Tenger Nuur “Heavenly Lake”

Example Sentences

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Tengri Nor

I take it that no respectable duck spends the summer south of the Tengri Nor.

From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund

The slab lies a stone's-throw to the left of the great northern road to Tengri Nor and Mongolia, about two miles from the city.

From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund