Gobi

American  

[goh-bee] / ˈgoʊ bi /

noun

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

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Gobi British  

/ ˈɡəʊbɪ /

noun

1. Chinese name: Shamo.  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)

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Other Word Forms

• Gobian adjective

Example Sentences

Sonza performed Saturday on the Gobi Stage -- which year after year hosts indie and alternative acts -- in front of a crowd that danced and sang along in an intimate yet energetic atmosphere.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Amy Winehouse performed to an overflowing Gobi Tent.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

I was two days into the Gobi March, a brutal 155-mile ultramarathon through the steppes, sand dunes and rock valleys of Central Mongolia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

The three astronauts waved goodbye to colleagues and family members at the remote Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center base in the Gobi Desert in northwest China as a band played a patriotic song.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

I walked from the Gobi Desert to this room in the To.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston