Orkhon

American  

[awr-kon] / ˈɔr kɒn /

noun

1. a river in eastern central Asia, flowing east, north, and then northeast from the northern central Mongolian People's Republic to the Selenga River. About 400 miles (645 km) long.

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Example Sentences

Prof. Donner wished to present to the Congress a publication by the Société Finno-Ougrienne at Helsingfors, containing inscriptions from the valley of the Orkhon, brought home by the Finnish Expedition in 1890.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

The Orkhon inscriptions exhibit an old Turkish dialect written in the characters commonly called Runes and this Runic alphabet is used in manuscripts found at Tun-huang and Miran but those hitherto published are not Buddhist.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

Prof. Pelliot accepts as a Mongol plural Tangut, but remarks that it is very ancient, as Tangut is already to be found in the Orkhon inscriptions.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry

The Chinese mention a range of mountains from which the Orkhon flows, called Wu-tê kien shan.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

Mohammedan authors say it took its name of Karákorum from the mountains to the south of it, in which the Orkhon had its source.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry