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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