General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Mongolia, archaic Outer Mongolia
- Official English country name: Mongolia
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Mongolia
- International rankings of Mongolia
- ISO country codes: MN, MNG, 496
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:MN
- Internet country code top-level domain: .mn
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