a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia
"The journey across Mongolia revealed its vast, open steppes typical of that landlocked socialist republic in central Asia."
a vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia
"The nomadic herders of this vast region spanning both the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia rely on the steppe grasslands for their livelihood."
Country in East Asia.
"After traveling across the steppes, we finally arrived at the capital of Mongolia."
The name Mongolia comes from the word Mongol combined with the suffix -ia. It originally referred to the land of the Mongols.