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The destruction of the Dzungars led to the Qing conquest of Mongolia, Tibet, and the creation of Xinjiang as a political administrative unit.

Etymology

"Dzungar" is a compound of the Mongolian word jegün (züün), meaning "left" or "east" and ?ar meaning "hand" or "wing". It was also referred as Western Mongolia, in contrast to the Northern Yuan

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