Meanings
alternative Huhehot · alternative Huhhot · alternative Kuku Khoto · alternative Kökeqota · alternative Kokeqota
- The capital city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in north-central China.
On National Security Education Day in April, students in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, were instructed on how to report suspicious activity.
2022 August 6, Chris Buckley, Steven Lee Myers, “In Turbulent Times, Xi Builds a Security Fortress for China, and Himself”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2022, Asia Pacific3 more examples
The assemblage of stone artifacts at Dingcun represents a very important link in the evolution of China's primitive cultures. It succeeded the Gehe culture and ushered in the Dayao culture of Hohhot in Inner Mongolia and the Emaokou culture in Huairen County, Shanxi Province.
Early Man in China
1980, Jia Lanpo, 中国大陆上的远古居民 [Early Man in China], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 45Then again, Sima Qian says that, after crossing the river, the Wall wound northward to touch a mountain north-west of Hohhot. But no wall winds northward here.
2008, John Man, The Great Wall, Bantam Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 35Mengniu can tap high-quality Aussie milk. And it is one in the eye for Yili, its bigger cross-town dairy rival in Hohhot, the regional capital of Inner Mongolia.
2019 December 7, “Cow cash”, in The Economist, volume 433, number 9172, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 61–62
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe capital city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in north-central China.
Origin
- MongolianХөх хот
- EnglishHohhot
From Mongolian Хөх хот (Xöx xot), modern form of ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠠ (kökeqota), from ᠬᠥᠬᠡ (köke, “dark blue; (hist.) green, grue”) + ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (qota, “town, city”), given to the settlement by Altan Khan in the 1580s. His previous palace and monastery established outside modern Baotou in 1572 bore the same name, although it is now frequently connected to the nearby Daqing Mountains instead, whose name is similarly ambiguous between blue and green.
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Arabic هُوهِيهُوت, خُوخِيخَاوْتِي
- هُوهِيهُوت (huhihūt)capital of Inner Mongolia
- خُوخِيخَاوْتِي (ḵuḵiḵawtī)capital of Inner Mongolia
Chinese Cantonese 呼和浩特
- 呼和浩特 (fu¹ wo⁴ hou⁶ dak⁶)capital of Inner Mongolia
Chinese Mandarin 呼和浩特, 厚和豪特
- 呼和浩特 (Hūhéhàotè)capital of Inner Mongolia
- 厚和豪特 (Hòuhéháotè)capital of Inner Mongolia
- 厚和 (Hòuhé)capital of Inner Mongolia
- 庫庫和屯 /库库和屯 (Kùkùhétún)capital of Inner Mongolia
Finnish Hohhot
- Hohhotcapital of Inner Mongolia
German Hohhot
- Hohhotcapital of Inner Mongolia
Hungarian Hohhot
- Hohhotcapital of Inner Mongolia
Japanese フフホト
- フフホト (Fufuhoto)capital of Inner Mongolia
Korean 후허하오터, 호흐호트
- 후허하오터 (Huheohaoteo)capital of Inner Mongolia
- 호흐호트 (Hoheuhoteu)capital of Inner Mongolia
Russian Хух-Хо́то, Хухэхаотэ́
- Хух-Хо́то (Xux-Xóto)capital of Inner Mongolia
- Хухэхаотэ́ (Xuxɛxaotɛ́)capital of Inner Mongolia
Ukrainian Хух-Хо́то
- Хух-Хо́то (Xux-Xóto)capital of Inner Mongolia
Vietnamese Hô Hòa Hạo Đặc, Hồi Hột
- Hô Hòa Hạo Đặccapital of Inner Mongolia
- Hồi Hộtcapital of Inner Mongolia
Cite this entry
Hohhot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hohhot
“Hohhot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hohhot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hohhot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hohhot.
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