Meanings
- A city in Mongolia.
South-west of Darkhan is Zuunkharaa, mainly a goods redistribution centre with one distillery. The mountain scenery and the small wooden homes make this an attractive area.
2002, Claire Sermier, “Northern Aimags”, in Helen Loveday, transl., Mongolia: Empire of the Steppes, Airphoto International Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1922 more examples
Nearby Sukhebaatur city (23,400 inhabitants in 2002) replaced Altanbulag after 1937 as the gateway to Russia and the provincial capital, when a Russian railway reached Naushki, just across the border. Selenge’s other main city is Züünkharaa, on the Trans-Mongolian Railway, with 17,200 people (2002).
2004, Christopher P. Atwood, “Selenge province (Selenga)”, in Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, Facts on File, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 493, column 2Hongci spent the winter as a labor camp convict in Züünkharaa in the northern province of Selenge, felling trees in temperatures that dropped below minus forty degrees Fahrenheit.
2017 [2008], Xu Hongci, “Epilogue”, in Erling Hoh, transl., edited by Erling Hoh, No Wall Too High: One Man's Daring Escape from Mao's Darkest Prison, 1st edition (Memoir / History), New York: Sarah Crichton Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 280
Origin
- MongolianЗүүнхараа
- EnglishZüünkharaa
From Mongolian Зүүнхараа (Züünxaraa).
More words from Mongolian
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Chinese Mandarin 宗哈拉
- 宗哈拉a city in Mongolia
Hindi ज़ूनख़ारा
- ज़ूनख़ारा (zūnxārā)a city in Mongolia
Russian Зуунэхараа
- Зуунэхараа (Zuunɛxaraa)a city in Mongolia
Cite this entry
Züünkharaa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Z%C3%BC%C3%BCnkharaa
“Züünkharaa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Z%C3%BC%C3%BCnkharaa. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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