Etymology

From Mongolian Улаанбаатар ‎(Ulaanbaatar), from улаан ‎(ulaan, “red”) баатар ‎(baatar, “hero”) (cognate to bogatyr). The name was adopted in 1924; before that, the city was known by a number of more prosaic names, including Их Хүрээ ‎(Ih Hüree, “Great Camp”), Даа Хүрээ ‎(Daa Hüree, “Great Camp”) (whence, via Chinese, its English names Kulun and Kuren), and Өргөө ‎(Örgöö, “Residence”) (whence Urga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌuːlɑːn ˈbɑːtə(ɹ)/