Meanings
- A district of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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The family had lived year-round in a planned part of the city with municipal heating until last year, when both children suffered severe cases of pneumonia and were hospitalized. This winter, the family decamped to Nalaikh, 24 miles outside the city, where the air is cleaner despite the area’s being the primary source of Ulan Bator’s coal.
2018 March 15, Bryan Denton, “Burning Coal for Survival in the World’s Coldest Capital”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2018, World
Origin
- MongolianНалайх
- EnglishNalaikh
From Mongolian Налайх (Nalaix).
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Chinese Mandarin 納來哈 /纳来哈
- 納來哈 /纳来哈a district of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia
Russian Нала́йх
- Нала́йх (Nalájx)a district of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia
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Nalaikh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nalaikh
“Nalaikh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nalaikh. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nalaikh,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nalaikh.
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