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ULAN (YOO-lahn)
Ulan
Bator: The capital and largest city of Mongolia.
Common
clue: _____ Bator; It means “red” in Mongolian; Half
an Asian capital?
Crossword
puzzle frequency:
3 times a year
Frequency
in English language:
44739 / 86800
News:
Mongolia:
the pink house of equities
Video:
Road
Crossing, Ulan Bator, Mongolia
A
donkey that carries me is worth more than a horse that kicks me.
– Mongolian proverb
Ulaanbaatar
or Ulan
Bator (Red
Hero) is the capital of Mongolia. In 1998 its population was
estimated at 650,000. It is situated north and slightly east of
the center of Mongolia, on the Tuul River, a subtributary of the
Selenga, in a valley at the foot of the mountain Bogdo Uul.
Founded
in 1649 as a Buddhist monastery town named Urga,
it prospered in the 1860s as a commercial center on the tea route
between Russia and China. Mongolia first proclaimed its autonomy
in 1911, and when the city became the capital of the new
Mongolian People's Republic in 1924, its name was changed to
Ulaanbaatar ("red hero" in the Mongolian language), in
honor of Mongolia's national hero Suhbaatar, who liberated
Mongolia from Ungern von Sternberg's troops, Chinese rule, and
called in the Soviet Red Army. His statue still adorns
Ulaanbaatar's central square.
Suhbaatar,
the Mongolian Lenin
Ulaanbaatar
has an international airport, Buyant Ukhaa Airport and is
connected by highway to all the major towns in Mongolia and by
rail to the Trans-Siberian railway and Chinese railroad systems.
The city has the only university in the country, Mongolian State
University. But there are number of colleges both private and
public. A historical library contains a wealth of ancient
Mongolian, Chinese, and Tibetan manuscripts.
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ULAN
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We >1 09 ___ Bator WWWW
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Tu >1 09 ___ Bator, Mongolia
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___-Ude, Russia
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Fr- NYT 87 —— Bator, Mongolia
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Fr- >1 99 -- Bator
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Th+ >1 07 It means "red" in Mongolian
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Tu- >1 07 ___ Bator (capital of Mongolia)
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We- LAT 97 ___Bator
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___ Bator, in Mongolia
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Fr NYT 04 ___-Ude (Trans-Siberian Railroad city)
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Fr- NYT 88 —— Bator
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Th WaP 00 - Bator
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Bator lead-in
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Bator preceder
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Sa NYT 09 Half an Asian capital?
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Sa NYT 94 Light-cavalry lancer
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Th WSJ 04 Mongolia's ___ Bator
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Th Rea 01 Mongolia's capital, ___ Bator
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Th CHE 06 Mongolian capital starter
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One of a body of horse cavalry
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We Jon 05 Start of Mongolia's capital
We
Tartar lancer: Var.
04
___ Bator (Mongolia's captial)
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We CSy 97 ___ Bator (Mongolian capital)
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Mo LAT 96 ___ bator
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Tu- >1 08 Queen of Mount Olympus
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