Nei Mongol
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]A partial romanization of the Mandarin term 內蒙古/内蒙古 (Nèi Měnggǔ, literally “Nei Menggu”): the Mandarin term 內/内 (nèi) (inner, inside, internal) Mongol (romanization of Mongolian Монгол (Mongol)/ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ (mongɣol))
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[edit]Nei Mongol
- Synonym of Inner Mongolia
- 1986, Zhao Songqiao (Chao Sung-chiao), Physical Geography of China[1], Science Press, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 76:
- IV(1) Steppe Temperate steppe is widely distributed in the western part of Northeast China, most parts of Nei Mongol, the northern part of the Loess Plateau, the central part of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, and the montane areas of North China.
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IV(2) Meadow-steppe This is a transitional vegetation type between grassland and forest and is mainly distributed in western Northeast China and eastern Nei Mongol with Stipa baicalensis, Aneurolepidium chinense, and Filifolium sibiricum.
- 1992, Steven Foster, Chongxi Yue, Herbal emissaries: bringing Chinese herbs to the West, page 118:
- It also occurs in Mongolia and Soviet Siberia. It is produced mainly in Nei Mongol, Gansu, and Xinjiang.
- 2002, Tara Boland-Crewe, David Lea, The territories of the People's Republic of China, page 211:
- The northern regions, the east of Inner Mongolia, were then taken and, on 1 May 1947, the first of the autonomous regions that now exist in the People's Republic was declared. The first capital of Nei Mongol, therefore, was at Ulanhot.
- 2007, Wentang Zhang, Pei-ji Chen, Allison R. Palmer, Biostratigraphy of China, page 221:
- Retziella and Atrypoidea are also very common in southern Nei Mongol as in eastern Yunnan [...]
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[edit]Inner Mongolia — see Inner Mongolia