Meanings
alternative Ulan Bator
- The capital city of Mongolia.
Mongolia will supply critical metals to France needed for its energy transition, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday during the first ever visit to Ulaanbaatar by a serving French president.
2023 May 21, Michel Rose, “Mongolia to supply critical metals to France, Macron says”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 22 May 2023, Commodities2 more examples
Mongolia's capital city of Ulaanbaatar has its share of tourist attractions - Genghis Khan Square, the National Museum, the State Opera and Ballet Theatre. But Ger Community Mapping Center guide Tuguldur Chuluunbaatar wants to highlight a different part of the city; a part that's often ignored.
2017 January 25, Anne Bailey, “Mapping air pollution to conquer it in Mongolia's capital”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2017, EnvironmentIn one of the rooms of the center, which will also serve as a temporary shelter for immigrants who arrive in the city without any point of reference, Francis recalled that when the first missionaries arrived in Ulaanbaatar in the 1990s, they immediately felt a call to charity.
2023 September 4, “Pope visits charity center in Mongolia, says Church not driven by proselytization”, in EFE, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2023Synonyms: Urga
- metonymicallyThe Mongolian government.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe capital city of Mongolia.
Origin
A transliteration of Mongolian Улаанбаатар (Ulaanbaatar), a compound of улаан (ulaan, “red”, adjective) and баатар (baatar, “hero”, cognate to bogatyr). The name was adopted in 1924; before that, the city was known by a number of more prosaic names, including Их Хүрээ (Ix Xüree, “Great Camp”), Даа Хүрээ (Daa Xüree, “Great Camp”) (whence, via Chinese, its English names Kulun and Kuren), and Өргөө (Örgöö, “Residence”) (whence Urga).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أُولَان بَاتُور
- أُولَان بَاتُور (ʔūlān bātūr)the capital of Mongolia
Bengali উলানবাটর
- উলানবাটর (ulanbaṭor)the capital of Mongolia
Bulgarian Улан Ба́тор
- Улан Ба́тор (Ulan Bátor)the capital of Mongolia
Chinese Cantonese 烏蘭巴托 /乌兰巴托
- 烏蘭巴托 /乌兰巴托 (wu¹ laan⁴ baa¹ tok³)the capital of Mongolia
Chinese Mandarin 烏蘭巴托 /乌兰巴托
- 烏蘭巴托 /乌兰巴托 (Wūlánbātuō)the capital of Mongolia
Czech Ulánbátar
- Ulánbátarthe capital of Mongolia
Danish Ulan Bator, Ulaanbaatar
- Ulan Batorthe capital of Mongolia
- Ulaanbaatarthe capital of Mongolia
Dutch Ulaanbaatar, Oelan-Bator
- Ulaanbaatarthe capital of Mongolia
- Oelan-Batorthe capital of Mongolia
Esperanto Ulanbatoro
- Ulanbatorothe capital of Mongolia
Estonian Ulaanbaatar
- Ulaanbaatarthe capital of Mongolia
Finnish Ulan Bator
- Ulan Batorthe capital of Mongolia
French Oulan Bator
- Oulan Batorthe capital of Mongolia
German Ulan-Bator, Ulaanbaatar
- Ulan-Batorthe capital of Mongolia
- Ulaanbaatarthe capital of Mongolia
Greek Ουλάν Μπατόρ
- Ουλάν Μπατόρ (Oulán Batór)the capital of Mongolia
Hebrew אוּלָן בָּטוֹר
- אוּלָן בָּטוֹר ('ulan bátor)the capital of Mongolia
Hindi उलान बतोर
- उलान बतोर (ulān bator)the capital of Mongolia
Hungarian Ulánbátor
- Ulánbátorthe capital of Mongolia
Icelandic Úlan Bator
- Úlan Batorthe capital of Mongolia
Indonesian Ulan Bator
- Ulan Batorthe capital of Mongolia
Irish Ulánbátar
- Ulánbátarthe capital of Mongolia
Italian Ulan Bator
- Ulan Batorthe capital of Mongolia
Japanese ウランバートル
- ウランバートル (Uranbātoru)the capital of Mongolia
Korean 울란바토르, 울란바타르
- 울란바토르 (Ullanbatoreu)the capital of Mongolia
- 울란바타르 (Ullanbatareu)the capital of Mongolia
Latvian Ulanbatora
- Ulanbatorathe capital of Mongolia
Lithuanian Ulan Batoras
- Ulan Batorasthe capital of Mongolia
Malay Ulan Bator
- Ulan Batorthe capital of Mongolia
Norwegian Bokmål Ulan Bator, Ulaanbaatar
- Ulan Batorthe capital of Mongolia
- Ulaanbaatarthe capital of Mongolia
Persian اولانباتور
- اولانباتور (ulân-bâtur)the capital of Mongolia
Polish Ułan Bator
- Ułan Batorthe capital of Mongolia
Portuguese Ulan Bator
- Ulan Batorthe capital of Mongolia
Romanian Ulaanbaatar
- Ulaanbaatarthe capital of Mongolia
Russian Улан-Ба́тор
- Улан-Ба́тор (Ulan-Bátor)the capital of Mongolia
Slovak Ulanbátar
- Ulanbátarthe capital of Mongolia
Spanish Ulán Bator
- Ulán Batorthe capital of Mongolia
Swedish Ulan Bator, Ulaanbaatar
- Ulan Batorthe capital of Mongolia
- Ulaanbaatarthe capital of Mongolia
Tagalog Ulan Bator
- Ulan Batorthe capital of Mongolia
Tamil உலான் பத்தூர்
- உலான் பத்தூர் (ulāṉ pattūr)the capital of Mongolia
Thai อูลานบาตาร์, อูลานบาตอร์
- อูลานบาตาร์ (uu-laan-baa-dtaa)the capital of Mongolia
- อูลานบาตอร์ (uu-laan-baa-dtɔɔ)the capital of Mongolia
Turkish Ulan Batur
- Ulan Baturthe capital of Mongolia
Ukrainian Улан-Ба́тор
- Улан-Ба́тор (Ulan-Bátor)the capital of Mongolia
Urdu اولان باتور
- اولان باتور (ulān bator)the capital of Mongolia
Vietnamese U-lan Ba-to
- U-lan Ba-tothe capital of Mongolia
Yiddish אולאַן באַטאָר
- אולאַן באַטאָר (ulan bator)the capital of Mongolia
Cite this entry
Ulaanbaatar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulaanbaatar
“Ulaanbaatar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ulaanbaatar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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