Gobi
pronunciation
How to pronounce Gobi in British English:
UK ['gəʊbɪ]
How to pronounce Gobi in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a desert in central Asia
Word Origin
- Gobi
- desert in central Asia, from Mongolian gobi "desert." Gobi Desert is thus a pleonasm (see Sahara).
Example
- 1. Both are in south gobi province , which borders china .
- 2. In the endless brown wastes of the gobi desert in the south of mongolia huge blue structures are springing up .
- 3. A hundred years ago the winter monsoons brought little more than a sprinkling of gobi desert dust to hong kong .
- 4. Newfound google maps images have revealed an array of mysterious structures and patterns etched into the surface of china 's gobi desert .
- 5. Both are in south gobi province , which borders china . They will help meet the ravenous needs of china 's hectic urbanisation .