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Gobi

[ goh-bee ]

noun

  1. a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia. About 500,000 sq. mi. (1,295,000 sq. km).


Gobi

/ ˈɡəʊɪ /

noun

  1. a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia and the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region of China: sometimes considered to include all the arid regions east of the Pamirs and north of the plateau of Tibet and the Great Wall of China: one of the largest deserts in the world. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles). Width: about 1000 km (625 miles). Average height: 900 m (3000 ft) Chinese nameShamo
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Other Word Forms

  • Ҵb· adjective
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Rawayana will perform on Saturday, April 12 and April 19, at 11 p.m. on the Gobi stage.

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Amyl & the Sniffers Sunday, April 13 and 20 at Gobi Tent, 9:55 p.m.

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A rare new species of two-clawed dinosaur has been discovered by scientists in Mongolia's Gobi Desert.

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Flames shoot out of the rocket launcher lighting up the Gobi Desert, which is then filled with a deafening roar.

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The backdrop is a tiny town on the edge of the Gobi Desert, a place of uneasy modernization, but the dynamics at play are universal.

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