Khanbalik
English
Alternative forms
- Cambaluc, Cambuluc
- Khanbaliq, Khanbalikh, Khanbaligh
- Qanbaliq
- Kanbalu
Etymology
From Mongolian Ханбалиг (Xanbalig), from Middle Mongol ᠻᠠᠨᠪᠠᠯᠢᠺ (khanbalik, “City of the Khan”).
Proper noun
Khanbalik
- (historical) The capital of the Mongolian Yuan dynasty, at site of present-day Beijing.
- 1999, “Beijing”, in The Book of the World (Atlas), Second United States edition, Macmillan, →ISBN, LCCN 98-20881, OCLC 1144581951, page 367:
- Genghis Khan initiated Beijing's nearly 800-year dominance over the Middle Kingdom. The city's current population numbers ten million people, far more than lived here in 1215 A.D. when the Mongol warlord conquered the strategically significant power center of Yanying and built Khanbalik, his new residence.
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Synonyms
- Dadu, Daidu; Ta-tu (obsolete)
- (inexact): Beijing
Translations
capital of the Mongolian Yuan dynasty
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