库伦 (Kù lún) — Urga (historical name for Ulaanbaatar, capital of Mongolia)
Definition
Historical name (used in 20th-century Chinese sources) for what is now called 乌兰巴托, the capital of Mongolia. Learners will only encounter it when reading about Mongolian history or early 20th-century Chinese–Mongolian relations.
noun
Urga (historical name for Ulaanbaatar, capital of Mongolia)
Examples
- 库伦。Kù lún Shì měng gǔ lì shǐ shàng de yí gè zhòng yào chéng shì.Urga was an important city in Mongolian history.
- 库伦。Tā xiě le yì běn guān yú Kù lún de shū.He wrote a book about Urga.
- 库伦。Xiàn zài de wū lán bā tuō jiù shì guò qù de Kù lún.Today's Ulaanbaatar is the Urga of the past.
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