[oo-lahn bah-tawr] 
| a city in and the capital of the Mongolian People's Republic, in E central Asia: former holy city of Mongols. 418,000. |
| a republic in E central Asia, in N Mongolia. 2,538,211; ab. 600,000 sq. mi. (1,500,000 sq. km). Capital: Ulan Bator. |
| U·laan·baa·tar (ōō'län-bä'tär') The capital and largest city of Mongolia, in the north-central part of the country. It was founded as a monastery town in 1649 and was long a trading center on various caravan routes between Russia and China. Population: 760,000. |
| U·lan Ba·tor (ōō'län bä'tôr') See Ulaanbaatar. |
lɑn ˈbɑ