Etymology
The name Golden is believed to have come from the steppe color-direction system: black — north, blue — east, red — south, white — west, and yellow (or gold) — center. It may also refer to the colour of the Great Khan's tent, from where all power was derived.
Proper noun
Golden Horde
- The Mongol invaders who invaded Europe in the 13th Century (1237) and were eventually stopped by Tamerlane in 1395.
Translations
the Mongol invaders
- Belarusian: Залатая Арда (be) (Zalatája Ardá) f
- Bulgarian: Златна орда (bg) (Zlátna ordá) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 金帳汗國 (cmn), 金帐汗国 (cmn) (Jīn Zhàng hàn guó)
- Czech: Zlatá horda (cs) f
- Finnish: Kultainen orda (fi)
- French: Horde d'Or (fr) f
- German: Goldene Horde (de) f
- Japanese: ジョチ・ウルス (ja) (Jochi-Urusu), 金帳汗国 (ja) (きんちょうかんこく, Kin Chō kankoku)
- Kazakh: Алтын Орда (kk) (Altın Orda)
- Macedonian: Златна Орда (mk) (Zlátna Órda) f
- Mongolian: Алтан Орд (mn) (Altan Ord)
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- Polish: Złota Orda (pl) f
- Russian: Золотая Орда (ru) (Zolotája Ordá) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Златна хорда (sh) f
- Roman: Zlatna horda (sh) f
- Slovak: Zlatá horda (sk) f
- Slovene: Zlata horda (sl) f
- Tatar: Алтын Урда (tt) (Altın Urda)
- Turkish: Altın Ordu (tr)
- Ukrainian: Золота Орда (uk) (Zolotá Ordá) f
- Vietnamese: Kim Trướng hãn quốc (vi) (金帳汗國 (vi))
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References
- Wikipedia.
- 1992 Webster's New World Encyclopedia. Prentice Hall.
