noun
a desert in central China
• Syn: ↑Gobi Desert
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑desert
• Part Holonyms:
↑Mongolia, ↑Mongolian People's Republic, ↑Outer Mongolia, ↑China, ↑People's Republic of China, ↑mainland China, ↑Communist China, ↑Red China, ↑PRC, ↑Cathay
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\\ˈgōbē, -bi\ noun (-s) : the lenticular mass of sedimentary deposits that occupies a tala or downwarp basin
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—Gobian, adj.
/goh"bee/, n.
a desert in E Asia, mostly in Mongolia. ab. 500,000 sq. mi. (1,295,000 sq. km). Chinese, Shamo.
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gobi /gōˈbi/ (Ind)
noun
A cabbage or cauliflower
ORIGIN: Hindi and Punjabi
Useful english dictionary. 2012.