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- Mongolian · borrowed fromᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ
- English todayBayannur
From Mongolian ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (bayannaɣur), from ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨ (bayan) + ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ (naɣur). Compare Mandarin 巴彥淖爾 /巴彦淖尔 (Bāyànnào'ěr). See also Ordos /nʊːr/, Mongolian нуур (nuur, “lake”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.