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Khalkha

(ˈkælkə)

(Languages) the dialect of Mongolian that is the official language of Mongolia

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Noun	1.	Khalkha - the Mongol people living in the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia Kalka, Khalka Mongol, Mongolian - a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia
	2.	Khalkha - the language of the Khalkha that is the official language of the Mongolian People's Republic Kalka, Khalka Mongolic, Mongolic language, Mongolian - a family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia

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We came to Umballa in the hot misty dawn, four or five men, who had been working hard fox eleven months, shouting for our dales--the two-horse travelling carriages that were to take us up to Kalka at the foot of the Hills.

So we rolled, barking and yelping, into Kalka for lunch, and Garm ate enough for two.

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Mahbub had gone down to Umballa to bring up a fresh consignment of horses, and Kim met him on the Kalka road at dusk riding alone, begged an alms of him, was sworn at, and replied in English.