Karakorum

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Karakorum

1. Alternative form of Karakoram

Etymology 2

From Mongolian Хархорум (Xarxorum).

Alternative forms

• Qaraqorum

Proper noun

Karakorum

1. (historical) A city, once capital of the Mongol Empire (1235–1260) and later of the Northern Yuan (1371–1388).
   • 1996, Trudy Ring, Noelle Watson, Paul Schellinger, editors, International Dictionary of Historic Places, Volume 5: Asia and Oceania, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 451:

     Karakorum, once the capital of Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire, lies in ruins scattered in the vicinity of the present-day town of Harhorin.

Translations

historical city in present-day Mongolia