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蒙古

Mandarin · pinyin Měng gǔ

Mongolia
Mongol ethnic group

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蒙: méng · cover; ignorant; suffer; Mongolia; hexagram ䷃
古: gǔ · old, classic, ancient

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3–3 · Meng3 gu3

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mung4 gu2

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Mongolia (a country in East Asia)
(chiefly historical) Mongolia (a Mongolian-speaking geographic region in East Asia, including the country of Mongolia (Outer Mongolia), the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in China, and sometimes also Buryatia, Tuva and the Altai Republic in Russia)

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