GOBI DESERT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gobi Desert mean? 

• GOBI DESERT (noun)
  The noun GOBI DESERT has 1 sense:

1. a desert in central China

  Familiarity information: GOBI DESERT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOBI DESERT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A desert in central China

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Gobi; Gobi Desert

Instance hypernyms:

desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)

Holonyms ("Gobi Desert" is a part of...):

Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)

Mongolia; Mongolian People's Republic; Outer Mongolia (a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia)