Etymology

Ulan-Ude

Today it means: The capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia. Full definition →

Russian Ула̀н-Удэ́ ← bua Ulaan-Yde
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  1. bua · derived fromUlaan-Yde
  2. Russian · borrowed fromУла̀н-Удэ́
  3. English todayUlan-Ude

Borrowed from Russian Ула̀н-Удэ́ (Ulàn-Udɛ́), from Buryat Ulaan-Yde (created in 1934; later since 1939 in Cyrillic as Улаан-Үдэ).

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