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Hohhot

/hoʊˈhɒt/

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From Mongolian Хөх хот (Xöx xot), modern form of ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠠ (kökeqota), from ᠬᠥᠬᠡ (köke, “dark blue; (hist.) green, grue”) + ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (qota, “town, city”), given to the settlement by Altan Khan in the 1580s. His previous palace and monastery established outside modern Baotou in 1572 bore the same name, although it is now frequently connected to the nearby Daqing Mountains instead, whose name is similarly ambiguous between blue and green.

proper noun Huhehot · Huhhot · Kuku Khoto · Kökeqota · Kokeqota

The capital city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in north-central China. The assemblage of stone artifacts at Dingcun represents a very important link in the evolution of China's primitive cultures. It succeeded the Gehe culture and ushered in the Dayao culture of Hohhot in Inner Mongolia and the Emaokou culture in Huairen County, Shanxi Province.
Similar: Huhehaote, Kweisui, Guisui, Kuei-sui

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name capital of Inner Mongolia

한국어	후허하오터 Huheohaoteo, 호흐호트 Hoheuhoteu
日本語	フフホト Fufuhoto
中文	呼和浩特 Hūhéhàotè, 厚和豪特 Hòuhéháotè, 厚和 Hòuhé, 庫庫和屯 /库库和屯 Kùkùhétún
Deutsch	Hohhot
Русский	Хух-Хо́то Xux-Xóto, Хухэхаотэ́ Xuxɛxaotɛ́
Tiếng Việt	Hô Hòa Hạo Đặc, Hồi Hột
العربية	هُوهِيهُوت huhihūt, خُوخِيخَاوْتِي ḵuḵiḵawtī

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@misc{hohhot_2026,
  title = {Hohhot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hohhot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}