Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to Mongolia, the Mongols, or their language or culture.
- adjective Offensive Of or relating to Down syndrome.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Mongolia.
- noun A member of the Mongol people.
- noun Any of the various spoken and written dialects and languages of the Mongols living in Mongolia and China.
- noun Anthropology A member of the Mongoloid racial classification. No longer in scientific use.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
Mongol . - noun Same as
Mongol . - noun By extension, a Chinese, or member of the Mongolian race (according to Blumenbach's classification).
- noun The language of the Mongols, a branch of the Ural-Altaic family. It has three principal dialects — Kalmuck, East Mongolian, and Buriatic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to
Mongolia or itspeoples ,languages , orcultures =Mongol . - adjective Anthropology. Resembling or having some of the characteristic physical features of the
Mongoloid racial type =Mongoloid . - adjective offensive Designating or affected with
Down syndrome =Mongol . - noun A
native orinhabitant ofMongolia =Mongol . - noun A group of
Altaic languages fromMongolia , specifically Khalkha, the official language ofMongolia . - noun A person of Mongoloid physical type; a
Mongoloid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the modern Mongolian People's Republic
- noun a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia
- noun a family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia
- adjective of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures
Etymologies
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Examples
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Breaking news » mongolian death worm The Mongolian Death Worm is thought, by some, to reside in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
Indian Buzz Remixed 2010
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Between the various tribes of this aboriginal American race, except in the sub-arctic region, there is now seen to be a general physical likeness, such as to constitute an American type of mankind as clearly recognizable as those types which we call Mongolian and Malay, though far less pronounced than such types as the Australian or the negro.
The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871
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One worry concerns what some are referring to as Mongolian privatization, version 2.0.
Mining Boom Fuels New Mongol Hoard James T. Areddy 2011
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One worry concerns what some are referring to as Mongolian privatization, version 2.0.
Mining Boom Fuels New Mongol Hoard James T. Areddy 2011
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Aalatengwula's mother herself an expert in Mongolian long-tone folk songs.
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Black calculations in Tibetan-Mongolian astrology, deriving from the Chinese systems, add several further variables for predictive astrology.
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The interpretation of charts in Tibetan-Mongolian astrology is a complex art.
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A similar crisis is occurring now in Tibetan-Mongolian astrology as happened several centuries ago with Indian Hindu astrology.
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Most people think of astrology only in terms of calculating and interpreting horoscopes; and when you train in Tibetan-Mongolian astrology, you certainly learn to do this.
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Doma was a very bright girl, speaking fluently Mongolian, Chinese and Lhasa Tibetan, and as she gave us lessons in Mongolian, we found that she possessed great latent ability, having a good memory and sharp insight.
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