Nei Mongol

A partial romanization of the Mandarin term 內蒙古／内蒙古 (Nèi Měnggǔ): the Mandarin term 內／内 (nèi) (inner, inside, internal) + Mongol (romanization of Mongolian Монгол (Mongol))

Nei Mongol

1. Inner Mongolia.
   • 1992, Steven Foster, Chongxi Yue, Herbal emissaries: bringing Chinese herbs to the West, page 118:

     It also occurs in Mongolia and Soviet Siberia. It is produced mainly in Nei Mongol, Gansu, and Xinjiang.

   • 2002, Tara Boland-Crewe, David Lea, The territories of the People's Republic of China, page 211:

     The northern regions, the east of Inner Mongolia, were then taken and, on 1 May 1947, the first of the autonomous regions that now exist in the People's Republic was declared. The first capital of Nei Mongol, therefore, was at Ulanhot.

   • 2007, Wentang Zhang, Pei-ji Chen, Allison R. Palmer, Biostratigraphy of China, page 221:

     Retziella and Atrypoidea are also very common in southern Nei Mongol as in eastern Yunnan [...]