Word of the Day
аймаг
Aimag
Mongolian
Modern Mongolian/ai̯məɢ/English scholarly use/ˈaɪmɑːɡ/
“A word for tribe became a word for province.”
Aimag is an old Mongolian word that changed scale with the state. Earlier usages referred to a tribe, clan grouping, or confederated people, and the term appears in Mongolic political vocabulary long before the modern nation. In contemporary Mongolia, it names the country's primary provincial divisions.
5 stops · from Mongolian steppe to Cambridge, England