阿拉善右旗

ā lā shàn yòu qí

Alxa Right Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Baruun khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)

阿

ā

abbr. for country names that begin with 阿[a1]: Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4], Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] etc

拉

lā

to pull

善

shàn

good (virtuous)

右

yòu

(bound form) right; right-hand side

旗

qí

flag