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deel

deel noun: a traditional Mongolian cloak, traditionally worn with a sash.

deel: a traditional Mongolian cloak, traditionally worn with a sash
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Noun

deel (plural deels)

  1. A traditional Mongolian cloak, traditionally worn with a sash.
    • As I stood just below that statue, close to seven hundred Mongolians organized themselves for a picture. Most were dressed in traditional formal wear--beautifully colored deal.2019, Lawrence Lessig, They Don't Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy

Proper noun capitalized: Deel

Deel (countable and uncountable, plural Deels)

  1. A surname from German.
  2. An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States.
  3. A river mainly in County Limerick, Ireland, which flows into the Shannon estuary; in full, the River Deel.

Forms of deel

Noun
pluraldeels
Proper noun
pluralDeels

Origin of deel

Borrowed from Mongolian дээл (deel)/ᠳᠡᠪᠡᠯ (debel).

* As a north German surname, Borrowed from North German Deel. * Also as a north German surname, variant of Diehl, Diel. * As an English surname, variant of Deal, itself a variant of Dale and also named after Deal in Kent.

Questions about deel

What does deel mean?
Deel means a traditional Mongolian cloak, traditionally worn with a sash.
What part of speech is deel?
Deel can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of deel?
The plural of deel is deels.

Words near deel in the dictionary

  1. deeksha
  2. deekshas
  3. deeksies
  4. deeky
  5. deekyin
  6. deel
  7. deeldough
  8. Deeley
  9. Deeleys
  10. deels
  11. deely bobber

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