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Definition of Kalka
1. Noun. The Mongol people living in the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia.
2. Noun. The language of the Khalkha that is the official language of the Mongolian People's Republic.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kalka
Literary usage of Kalka
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The General History of China: Containing a Geographical, Historical by Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (1739)
"They take this Name from the River Kalka, and are called at Peking, Kalka tafe,
and Kalka ... Along the Kalka pira, Latit. on this fide the 48th deg. ..."
2. The History of Russia from the Earliest Times to 1877 by Alfred Rambaud, Graeme Mercer Adam (1904)
"Origin and manners of the Mongols—Battles of the Kalka, of Riazan, at Kolomna,
and of the Sit—Conquest of Russia—Alexander Nevski—The Mongol yoke—Influence ..."
3. Up Among the Pandies: Or, A Year's Service in India by Vivian Dering Majendie (1859)
"Delhi to Umballa—Kalka—Travelling by ... and so travel on to Kalka. This little
village lies at the foot of the hills; and here again your mode of ..."
4. A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and by James Bell (1832)
"... part of the Kalka territory, ne« the ^ which extends towards Hi. The other khan«.
... Kalka ..."
5. Western Himalaya and Tibet: A Narrative of a Journey Through the Mountains by Thomas Thomson (1852)
"... to a Mission about to proceed to Tibet—Leave Firozpur for Simla—Approach to
the Mountains—Appearance of Himalaya from Plains of India—Kalka—Ascent to ..."
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