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庫倫

简库伦 · 繁庫倫

Mandarin · pinyin kù lún#

enclosed pasture (Mongolian loanword)

Mandarin · pinyin Kù lún#

Kulun, the former name for modern Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia (Mongolian: temple)

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库: kù · armory, treasury, storehouse
伦: lún · normal human relationships

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4–2 · ku4 lun2

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enclosed pasture

name

(historical) Old name for 烏蘭巴托／乌兰巴托 (Wūlánbātuō, “Ulan Bator”).
(～旗) Hure (a banner in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China)

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