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Mongholian

Mongholian is the obsolete form of Mongolian.

Meaning of Mongolian

Adjective

Mongolian (comparative more Mongolian, superlative most Mongolian)

  1. 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.1706, Evert Ysbants Ides, Three years travels from Moscow over-land to China
  2. (dated) Resembling or having some of the characteristic physical features of the mongoloid racial type.
    • The Mongolian variety inhabits eastern Asia, Finland, and Lapland in Europe, and includes the Esquimaux of North America.1828, John Stark, Elements of natural history
  3. (archaic, offensive) Relating to or affected with Down syndrome.
    • The Mongolian type of idiocy occurs in more than ten per cent. of the cases which are presented to me.1866, John Langdon Haydon Down, Clinical lectures and reports by the medical and surgical staff of the London Hospital, volume II

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Forms of Mongholian

Adjective
comparativemore Mongholian
superlativemost Mongholian
Noun
pluralMongholians

Questions about Mongholian

What is Mongholian the obsolete form of?
Mongholian is the obsolete form of Mongolian.

Words near Mongholian in the dictionary

  1. mongers
  2. mongery
  3. Monges
  4. Monggar
  5. Monghol
  6. Mongholian
  7. Mongholians
  8. Monghols
  9. Mongiello
  10. Mongiellos
  11. Mongillo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Mongholian (page history and authors); Mongolian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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