Ulanhot

U1L1A1N1H4O1T1

proper noun

A county-level city of Hinggan, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in northern China.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

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

    The Paicheng Railway Subbureau began running to more passenger trains from Paicheng to Wulanhaote and extended the run of the passenger train from Ssuping to Paicheng to include Tsitsihar.

    [1978 August 25 [1978 July 29], “Kirin Railways”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 166, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Changchun Kirin Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, page L 7
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    Of the millions of foreign tourists expected to flood to China next year for the Beijing Olympics, many will likely want to venture beyond the usual well-traveled tracks -- and maybe to Ulanhot.[…] This Inner Mongolian city even had its name changed from Wangyemiao in 1947 to mark its place in Communist history as the first seat of government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Ulanhot means “red city” in Mongolian.

    2007 October 26, Ben Blanchard, “Go off the beaten track -- visit Ulanhot”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2022, Lifestyle

    Mr. Bao is now in Ulanhot, a city in Inner Mongolia, where he is under surveillance by the police and his movements are restricted, Ms. Liang said in a telephone interview. Mr. Bao’s grandparents could not be reached at two mobile phone numbers belonging to them. A woman at the office of politics of the Ulanhot Police Bureau said the bureau had no such case involving a 16-year-old boy named Bao Zhuoxuan.

    2015 October 12, Michael Forsythe, “Bao Zhuoxuan, Son of Rights Lawyer Held in China, Is Said to Be Under House Arrest”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2015, ASIA PACIFIC

Origin

  1. Mongolianᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠬᠣᠲᠠ“red city”
  2. EnglishUlanhot

Borrowed from Mongolian ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠬᠣᠲᠠ (ulaɣanqota, “red city”).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 烏蘭浩特 /乌兰浩特
  • 烏蘭浩特 /乌兰浩特 (wu¹ laan⁴ hou⁶ dak⁶)county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 烏蘭浩特 /乌兰浩特, 王爺廟 /王爷庙
  • 烏蘭浩特 /乌兰浩特 (Wūlánhàotè)county-level city
  • 王爺廟 /王爷庙 (Wángyemiào)county-level city
Russian Улан-Хото
  • Улан-Хото (Ulan-Xoto)county-level city

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APA

Ulanhot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulanhot

MLA

“Ulanhot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulanhot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ulanhot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulanhot.

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