Улаан-Үдэ

Buryat

Etymology

Үдэ (Üde) is the native Buryat name for River Uda (right tributary of Selenga), while Улаан (Ulaan, “red”) denoted Soviet ideology. Replaced the city’s former name Верхнеудинск (Vjerxnjeudinsk, literally “city on Upper Uda”) in 27 July 1934.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʊ.laːn u.de/, [ʊ.lä̟ːɴ̟‿u.dɤ̽]
  • Hyphenation: У‧лаан-Ү‧дэ

Proper noun

Улаан-Үдэ • (Ulaan-Üde)

  1. Ulan-Ude (a city in Russia, capital of Buryatia)
    Улаан-Үдэ хото ― Ulaan-Üde xoto ― the City of Ulan-Ude

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
Descendants
  • → Mongolian: Улаан-Үд (Ulaan-Üd)
  • → Russian: Ула̀н-Удэ́ (Ulàn-Udɛ́) (see there for further descendants)

See also
  • Улаан-Баатар (Ulaan-Baatar, “Ulaanbaatar”)
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