Karakorum

English

Proper noun

Karakorum

  1. Alternative form of Karakoram

Etymology 2

From Mongolian Хархорум (Xarxorum).

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Proper noun

Karakorum

  1. (historical) A city, once capital of the Mongol Empire (1235–1260) and later of the Northern Yuan (1371–1388).
    • 1996, Trudy Ring, Noelle Watson, Paul Schellinger, editors, International Dictionary of Historic Places, Volume 5: Asia and Oceania, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 451:
      Karakorum, once the capital of Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire, lies in ruins scattered in the vicinity of the present-day town of Harhorin.
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