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- noun Plural form of
Mongolian .
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Examples
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Another reporter offered a less hopeful assessment: “Up to date of writing ... the efforts of the Mongolians are alarmingly slow.”
The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005
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It said that the Mongolians were the wild hordes mentioned in the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Great objection is taken by the white population to the increasing number of "Mongolians," owing to their competition with whites in the labour markets.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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"Mongolians" (the term then used by the California Legislature to characterize people of Chinese descent).
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Mongolians, who today make up less than 20% of the region's population, have traditionally used its sweeping grasslands for animal grazing and herding.
China Makes Effort to Cool Unrest in Inner Mongolia Brian Spegele 2011
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Non-students were prevented from entering the campus, where many ethnic Mongolians students study, and cellphone data communication was cut off.
China Makes Effort to Cool Unrest in Inner Mongolia Brian Spegele 2011
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In May, Beijing told foreigners not to sow unrest in its vast northern region of Inner Mongolia, after rare protests by ethnic Mongolians, sparked by the hit-and-run death of a herder, garnered international attention.
China closes Tibet to foreigners ahead of party anniversary 2011
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In one incident, a local herdsman, who like many Mongolians went by one name, Mergen, was struck and killed by a Chinese coal-truck driver following local complaints that the trucks were noisy and damaging the local environment, according to Xinhua.
China Makes Effort to Cool Unrest in Inner Mongolia Brian Spegele 2011
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While such disputes have occurred for years, the issue has been especially prominent in recent weeks, as ethnic Mongolians in northern China rioted over mine expansion and a man in the southeast blew up three government buildings, apparently to protest the demolition of his house.
Land Rights at Center of Protests After Chinese Bureaucrat's Death James T. Areddy 2011
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The deaths of two ethnic Mongolians this month brought to the forefront ethnic tensions bubbling beneath the surface in Inner Mongolia.
China Makes Effort to Cool Unrest in Inner Mongolia Brian Spegele 2011
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