mongolian
IPA: mɑŋgˈoʊɫiʌn
Root Word: Mongolian
noun
- (countable) A native or inhabitant of Mongolia.
- (uncountable) A group of languages from Mongolia, specifically Khalkha, the official language of Mongolia.
- A person of the mongoloid physical type.
adjective
- Of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
- He had a Sister, which according to the Mongalian custom lived in the devoted spiritual state.
- 1878, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9th edition, volume XVI:
- 1985, Robert Whelan, Robert Capa: A Biography:
- (anthropology, dated) Resembling or having some of the characteristic physical features of the mongoloid racial type.
- (now rare, offensive) Relating to or affected with Down syndrome.
- Alternative letter-case form of Mongolian (“relating to or affected with Down syndrome”). [Of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.]
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Examples of "mongolian" in Sentences
- It's not Mongolian and it's not Altaic.
- It's a translation into modern Mongolian.
- It should not be confused with Mongolian spot.
- The origin of the Timurids was evidently Mongolian.
- The wall above us could easily fend off the Mongolians.
- It was found in a Mongolian cave and is a quilted linen carpet.
- At the Mongolian field of work we are dealing to the Mongolian sources.
- This town is located on the Mongolian side of the Russo Mongolian border.
- The hamburger originated from a Mongolian tribe the Tartars in Central Asia.
- The Mongolians were exceedingly tough warriors, used to privation and hardship.
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