Erenhot

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/ˈɛɹɪnhɒt//ɛˈɹɪnhɒt/

proper noun

A county-level city of Xilingol, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county-level city of Xilingol, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.

    At the border town of Erenhot, the people working beside the track look up and smile as the train enters China and begin to applaud.

    1988 March, Paul Theroux, “China Passage”, in National Geographic Magazine, volume 173, number 3, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 298
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    Cheng would have to stop him further down in the Gobi’s dunes around the railhead of Erenhot, and so it was to Erenhot, the railhead on the border of China’s Inner Mongolia and Mongolia, that many of the reserves from Beijing’s Sixty-fifth Army Group were now being sent.

    1993, Ian Slater, WWIII: Asian Front (Fiction), Fawcett Gold Medal Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 218

    Erenhot—known for little more than being a border town, a required stop for motorists and trains, as well as rich fossil territory.[...]"We cannot let you be seen," she shouted to him, when the first lights of Erenhot—and Zamyn-Uud, a little farther across the border between Mongolia and China— flickered into view. "No one would understand!"

    2009 August, Marjorie Liu, The Fire King, Leisure Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 72–73

    On Monday, disease-hit Erenhot in Inner Mongolia banned travel in and out of the city and ordered residents to stay at home, while an outbreak in Ejin county prompted authorities earlier this week to shutter tourist sites and restrict travel.

    2021 October 22, “Beijing launches new mass testing wave after four Covid cases found”, in France 24, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2021

    Synonyms: Ereen, Erlianhaote, Erlian

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA county-level city of Xilingol, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.

Origin

  1. Mongolianᠡᠷᠢᠶᠡᠡ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
  2. EnglishErenhot

Borrowed from Mongolian ᠡᠷᠢᠶᠡᠡ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (eriyee qota) / Эрээн хот (Ereen xot).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 二連浩特 /二连浩特
  • 二連浩特 /二连浩特 (ji⁶ lin⁴ hou⁶ dak⁶)county-level city of Inner Mongolia
Chinese Mandarin 二連浩特 /二连浩特
  • 二連浩特 /二连浩特 (Èrliánhàotè)county-level city of Inner Mongolia

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“Erenhot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Erenhot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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