# Mongolia

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /mɒŋˈɡəʊli.ə/ · frequency rank #18,632

## Definitions
1. A country in East Asia. Capital and largest city: Ulaanbaatar.
2. A Mongolian-speaking geographic region in East Asia, including the country of Mongolia (Outer Mongolia), the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in China, and sometimes also Buryatia, Tuva and the Altai Republic in Russia.

## Etymology
From Mongol + -ia.

## Easily confused with
- **Monrovia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mongolia-vs-monrovia)
- **Mongolian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mongolia-vs-mongolian)
- **Mongol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mongol-vs-mongolia)

## Common misspellings (11)
`mmongolia`, `mnogolia`, `mognolia`, `monggolia`, `mongloia`, `mongoila`, `mongolai`, `mongollia`, `monngolia`, `monoglia`, `omngolia`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mongolia