Altai

alternative Altay

1. A mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan converge.

   Deep in the Altai Mountains, where Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia meet, Kazakh people have for centuries developed and nurtured a special bond with golden eagles, training the birds to hunt foxes and other small animals.

   2021 February 22, Claire Thomas, “On Horseback Among the Eagle Hunters and Herders of the Mongolian Altai”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2021

2. alternativeAlternative form of Altay.
3. A city in Govi-Altai, Mongolia.

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   Set dramatically on a dry plain, with high snow-capped peaks in the distance, is the provincial capital Altai, located 1,005 kilometres west of Ulaanbaatar. Before 1960, it was known as Yösön Bulag (the ‘nine springs’). This town of 15,000 people sits at 2,160 metres above sea level, making it the highest city in the country.

   2002, Claire Sermier, “Gobi Aimags”, in Helen Loveday, transl., Mongolia: Empire of the Steppes, Airphoto International Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 270

4. A town in East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan (since 2019); formerly Zyryan.

alternative Altay

1. pluralplural onlyThe people living in the region of the Altai mountains.