Definitions
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- proper noun An
East Asian region, south ofSiberia , west ofManchuria and north ofInner Mongolia (with closely related nativeMongolian population), well north of theGreat Wall , which never became an integral part of theChinese empire, and later achieved autonomy and full independence ofChina , as the republic ofMongolia
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- noun a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia
Etymologies
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Examples
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You have to strain your eyes past such step-children of the global family as Jamaica, Belarus, war-torn Georgia, collapsing Zimbabwe and even what used to be called Outer Mongolia before stumbling across India in 50th place, with precisely three medals, one gold and two bronze.
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What I had in mind was a condo in northern Greenland or a town house in Outer Mongolia, where gardens don't do so well and my wife would have to be satisfied with low-maintenance house plants.
Dreading the Arrival of Daffodils Joe Queenan 2011
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Tiger is bigger than golf; bigger than sport; in Outer Mongolia, I bet they not only know who he is, but wouldn't mind having one of those swanky wrist watches he advertises.
'I'm Glad Tiger's Not Here' Lynne Truss 2011
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Even if you soak a Premier League club dry, run it into the ground, or the Championship, some other dodgy fat cats or shady conglomerate will emerge from Outer Mongolia and take it off you.
It's the new Premier League season – and as a fan, I could not be more fed up 2010
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In Outer Mongolia, where Cyrillic script was instituted in 1944, young people can't read the vertical script.
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What Anonymoose is suggesting here is that Mr. and Mrs. Obama might have had two sons, the one mentioned in this birth announcement who was not Barack Hussein Obama II, and a second one, possibly born in Kenya or Indonesia or even Outer Mongolia, whom the world knows today as President Obama.
Archive 2010-05-01 Johnny Pez 2010
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In Outer Mongolia, where Cyrillic script was instituted in 1944, young people can't read the vertical script.
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What Anonymoose is suggesting here is that Mr. and Mrs. Obama might have had two sons, the one mentioned in this birth announcement who was not Barack Hussein Obama II, and a second one, possibly born in Kenya or Indonesia or even Outer Mongolia, whom the world knows today as President Obama.
The insidious Mr. "Obama" Johnny Pez 2010
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However, they maintained their questionable claims of sovereignty over all the empire, so when the ROC government was forced out of China to Taiwan and the People's Republic of China was set up, the PRC in turn claimed all of the same empire (except Outer Mongolia, which their Soviet allies forced them to recognize as independent).
The Uyghurs and the Tibetans -- Struggling Against Chinese Colonialism 2009
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Unfortunately for places like Tibet, which had been a de facto independent country for several decades by this time, the PRC was able to enforce its claims militarily, conquering all of the non-Chinese areas that had once been part of the Manchu empire except Outer Mongolia.
The Uyghurs and the Tibetans -- Struggling Against Chinese Colonialism 2009
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