Koko Nor

[ koh-koh nawr ]

noun

1. Qing Hai.
2. former name of Qinghai.

Koko Nor

/ ˈkəʊˈkəʊ ˈnɔː /

noun

1. a lake in W China, in Qinghai province in the NE Tibetan Highlands at an altitude of about 3000 m (10 000 ft): the largest lake in China. Area: about 4100 sq km (1600 sq miles) Chinese nameQinghai

Word History and Origins

Origin of Koko Nor¹

First recorded in 1740–50; from Mongolian: literally, “Blue Lake”

Example Sentences

The company’s subsidiary Koko Nor Corp. purchased Sundown Ranch LLC at the end of 2013 for $15 million.

From Forbes

Crossing the deserts of Koko Nor, they passed the great lake of that name, with its island of contemplative lamas, and, following a difficult and tortuous track across snow-covered mountains, they at last entered Lhasa on the 29th of January 1846.

From Project Gutenberg

At the home of the third child, on the shores of fabled Lake Koko Nor, the monks were struck dumb.

From Time Magazine Archive

This very remarkable longitudinal chain is undoubtedly the northern limit of the Chang Tang, the elevated highland steppes of Tibet; but from it there branches a minor system to the north-east from a point in about 83� E. longitude, which culminates in the Altyn Tagh, and extends eastwards in a continuous water-divide to the Nan Shan mountains, north of the Koko Nor basin.

From Project Gutenberg

Now the waters have receded, as the process of desiccation is going on which has entirely changed the geographical features of Central Asia, and caused the disappearance of great expanses of water like the Koko Nor, and the dwindling of lakes and river from Khotan to Gobi.

From Project Gutenberg