Definition of Mongolia
1 region of eastern Asia east of the Altai Mountains including independent Mongolia, the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, and Russia's Tyva Republic; includes the Gobi Desert
2 or formerly (to distinguish it from the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia) Outer Mongolia landlocked country in eastern Asia between China and Russia comprising the major portion of the region of Mongolia; a republic; capital Ulaanbaatar area 604,247 square miles (1,565,000 square kilometers), population 2,701,000
- —see also 2mongolian
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: country in Asia
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