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Gobi Desert

noun

A desert in central China. Synonym: Gobi.

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"Gobi Desert" Quotes from Famous Books

... they generally supposed this to answer to Alexander's wall; when facts dispelled this theory, the unknown Ural or Altai Mountains served instead; finally, as the Moslems became masters of Central Asia, the Wall of China, beyond the Gobi desert, alone satisfied the conditions of shadowy but historic grandeur, beyond ...

— Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. • C. Raymond Beazley

... northern Afghanistan, and along the Amu-darya to the Pamir, following routes which had to wait 600 years for new travellers from Europe. Past Yarkand, Khotan, and Lop-nor, and through the whole of the Gobi desert, they finally made ...

— From Pole to Pole - A Book for Young People • Sven Anders Hedin

Words linked to "Gobi Desert" : Red China, mainland China, Outer Mongolia, Mongolian People's Republic, Gobi, desert, china, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Communist China, PRC, Cathay