Orkhon ( mn, Орхон) may refer to:
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Orkhon River
The Orkhon River (; mn, Орхон гол, ''Orkhon gol'', Old Chinese: 安侯水 ''(*arhoushui)'') is a river in Mongolia.
The Orkhon river derives its name from the Old Turkic prefix "or" meaning "middle", and "khan" or king.
It rises in ...
, Mongolia
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Orkhon Valley
Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape (; mn, Орхоны хөндийн соёлын дурсгал, Orkhony xöndiiyn soyoliyn dursgal, Mongolian Script: ) sprawls along the banks of the Orkhon River in Central Mongolia, some 320 km west fro ...
, the landscape around that river
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Orkhon Province
Orkhon Aimag ( mn, Орхон аймаг) is one of the 21 Aimags (provinces) of Mongolia, located in the north of the country. Its capital is Erdenet. The province is named after Orkhon River.
This Aimag was cut out of Bulgan Aimag in 1994, to ...
, an Aimag (province) in Mongolia
* several Sums (districts) in different Mongolian Aimags:
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Orkhon, Bulgan
Orkhon ( mn, Орхон) is a sum (district) of Bulgan Province in northern Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the nort ...
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Orkhon, Darkhan-Uul
Orkhon ( mn, Орхон) is a sum (district) of Darkhan-Uul Province in northern Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the ...
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Orkhon, Selenge
Orkhon ( mn, Орхон) is a sum (district) of Selenge Province in northern Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north ...
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Orkhon script
The Old Turkic script (also known as variously Göktürk script, Orkhon script, Orkhon-Yenisey script, Turkic runes) was the alphabet used by the Göktürks
The Göktürks, Celestial Turks or Blue Turks ( otk, 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰰:𐰉𐰆 ...
, a historic script of Turkic origin
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Orkhon inscriptions
The Orkhon inscriptions (also known as the Orhon inscriptions, Orhun inscriptions, Khöshöö Tsaidam monuments (also spelled ''Khoshoo Tsaidam'', ''Koshu-Tsaidam'' or ''Höshöö Caidam''), or Kul Tigin steles ( zh, t=闕特勤碑, s=阙特勤 ...
, inscriptions of Bilge Kagan, Kül Tiğin, and Tonyukuk in Unicode
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Orhun (name) Orhun is a Turkish masculine given name and a surname. People with the name include:
Given name
* Orhun Ene
Orhun Ene (born 1 February 1967 in Erzurum, Turkey) is a Turkish former professional basketball player and coach. During his playing car ...
, list of people named the Turkish version of Orkhon
*Orkhoe, the Greek word for
Uruk
Uruk, also known as Warka or Warkah, was an ancient city of Sumer (and later of Babylonia) situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates River on the dried-up ancient channel of the Euphrates east of modern Samawah, Al-Muthannā, Iraq.Harm ...
, a prominent Sumerian city-state
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