| 释义 |
‖ somon, n.|ˈsɒmɒn|
Also sumon, sumun. Pl. unchanged or -s.
[Mongolian, lit. ‘arrow’.]
In Mongolia: an administrative division subordinate to the *aimak n.
1902Encycl. Brit. XXX. 811/1 Each of these again was divided into sumuns or squadrons, each containing 150 families. 1934H. Haslund Tents in Mongolia 338 Mongolia is divided into aimaks (tribes); these again into hosyun (banners, standards) which in their turn are divided into sumon (arrows). 1956I. Montagu Land of Blue Sky ix. 96 The somon centre you will come upon on the grasslands as an apparently fair-sized settlement of from twenty to thirty buildings... Mongolians speak of these centres (= the bag centres) casually as if they were themselves somons and bags, though properly these designations belong to the territorial divisions of which they are headquarters. 1964Whitaker's Almanack 1965 891/1 The country [sc. Mongolia]..is today divided into 18 aimaks (provinces) and beneath these into more than 300 somons (counties). 1980Summary World Broadcasts: Far East: Weekly Econ. Rep. (B.B.C.) 13 Aug. a21 Drug stores now operate in every agricultural association, somon and State farm in the country. |