The Ongud (also spelled Ongut or Öngüt and Önggüt or Onggut; Mongolian: Онгуд, Онход; Chinese: 汪古, Wanggu; from Old Turkic öng "desolate, uninhabited; desert" plus güt "class marker") were a Turkic tribe that later became part of various Turkic and Mongolic peoples. They were active in what is now Inner Mongolia in northern China around the time of Genghis Khan (1162–1227).
The Ongud (also spelled Ongut or Öngüt and Önggüt or Onggut; Mongolian: Онгуд, Онход; Chinese: 汪古, Wanggu; from Old Turkic öng "desolate, uninhabited; desert" plus güt "class marker") were a Turkic tribe that later became part of various Turkic and Mongolic peoples. They were active in what is now Inner Mongolia in northern China around the time of Genghis Khan (1162–1227).
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