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Khanbalik
Khanbalik
English
Alternative forms
Cambaluc
,
Cambuluc
Khanbaliq
,
Khanbalikh
,
Khanbaligh
Qanbaliq
Proper noun
Khanbalik
(
historical
)
The
capital
of the
Mongolian
Yuan
dynasty
, at site of present-day
Beijing
.
Synonyms
Dadu
,
Daidu
;
Ta-tu
(
obsolete
)
(
inexact
)
:
Beijing
Translations
capital of the Mongolian Yuan dynasty
Chinese:
Mandarin:
汗八里
,
元大都
,
大都
(zh)
Mongolian:
Хаан балгас
(
Haan balgas
)
,
Ханбалиг
(
Hanbalig
)
Etymology
From the
Mongolian
and East Turkish
[script needed]
(
Khanbalik
,
“
City of the Khan
”
)
.
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