Gobi

See also: gobi and Góbi

English

Etymology

From Mongolian Говь (Govʹ) or ᠭᠣᠪᠢ (ɣobi).

Proper noun

Gobi

1. A large desert in Asia, spanning the countries of Mongolia and China.

Translations

desert

• Arabic: جُوبِي m (gūbī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戈壁 (zh) (Gēbì), 戈壁沙漠 (Gēbì shāmò)

• French: Gobi (fr) m
• German: Gobi (de) f
• Hindi: गोबी मरुस्थल (gobī marusthal)
• Italian: Gobi m
• Japanese: ゴビ (Gobi), ゴビ砂漠 (ゴビさばく, Gobi sabaku)
• Kalmyk: Һөв (Ğöv)
• Kazakh: Гоби (Gobi)
• Korean: 고비 (Gobi), 고비 사막 (gobi samak)
• Kyrgyz: Гоби (Gobi)
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• Mongolian: Говь (Govʹ)

  Uyghurjin: ᠭᠣᠪᠢ (ɣobi)

• Norwegian: Gobiørkenen
• Persian: گبی (gobi)
• Portuguese: Gobi m
• Russian: Го́би (ru) f (Góbi), пусты́ня Го́би f (pustýnja Góbi)
• Spanish: Gobi m
• Swedish: Gobiöknen (sv) c
• Tajik: Габи (Gabi)
• Uzbek: Gobi
• Vietnamese: sa mạc Gô bi

Anagrams

• Igbo, big O, biog

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German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Gobi f

1. a desert in China and Mongolia; Gobi

Synonyms

• dated: Schamo

Further reading

• “Gobi” in Duden online