Ordos.
A region of China, enclosed by the great northern bend of the Yellow River and the Wei River to the south; also called Ordos Loop.
Meaning & usage
A region of China, enclosed by the great northern bend of the Yellow River and the Wei River to the south; also called Ordos Loop.
The Ordos region proper: the area north of the Great Wall section that cuts across the Ordos Loop
Ordos prefecture-level city, contiguous with latter region in the northwest of the Ordos Loop, namely the part belonging to Inner Mongolia.
Kangbashi District, the famous Chinese newly-built ghost town, lies in the mineral-rich region of Ordos, more precisely 25 km away from Dongsheng built-up area in Dongsheng District, the municipal seat.
Ordos city in the narrower sense: the urban area located in Dongsheng District.
A Mongolian dialect used in this city.
Where this word comes from
From Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠳᠣᠰ (ordos, “palaces”), from Classical Mongolian ᠣᠷᠳᠣ (ordo, “palace”) + ᠊ᠰ (-s, plural suffix); probably from Proto-Turkic *or- (“army, place of staying of the army, ruler etc.”). Originally in reference to the portable mausoleums of Genghis Khan (known as the "eight white yurts"), which were used following the fall of the Yuan dynasty in 1368. These were entrusted to caretakers, who worshipped at the mausoleums as the "soul guards" of the khan, and who moved to the Ordos plateau in the years following. After a time, both the people and their territory took the name, due to the presence of the mausoleums there.
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