Karakorum
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English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Karakorum
- Alternative form of Karakoram
Etymology 2
From Mongolian Хархорум (Xarxorum).
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Karakorum
- (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.
Translations
historical city in present-day Mongolia