mongolian
/mɒŋˈɡoʊliən/
mongolian is the alternative letter-case form of Mongolian.
Adjective capitalized: Mongolian
Mongolian (comparative more Mongolian, superlative most Mongolian)
- 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
- The Mongolian characters...are written perpendicularly from above downward.1878, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9th edition, volume XVI
- 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
- The white (or Caucasian), the yellow (or Mongolian), and the black (or Ethiopian)1834, Penny cyclopædia of the Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge, volume II
- 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
- The condition known as trisomy 21 syndrome or mongolian idiocy (sometimes referred to as Down's syndrome) had long been an enigma.1965, H. Eldon Sutton, An introduction to human genetics
Noun capitalized: Mongolian
Mongolian (countable and uncountable, plural Mongolians)
- A native or inhabitant of Mongolia.
- The Cossac there, The Calmuc, and Mungalian, round the bales In crowds resort.1757, John Dyer, The fleece, a poem, published 1807
- This day we saw some scattered tents of Mongalians, with their flocks.1763, John Bell, A journey from St. Petersburg to Pekin
- Synonyms:
- Mongol
- A group of languages from Mongolia, specifically Khalkha, the official language of Mongolia.
- Khalka […] Mongolian possesses seven vowels and twenty consonants.1926, Neville J. Whymant, A Mongolian Grammar
- The Altaic family […] comprises about 40 languages, classified into three groups: Turkic, Mongolian, and Manchu-Tungus.1987, David Crystal, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
- A person of the mongoloid physical type.
- A particular individual which the latter considered a Mongolian and the former assures us is an Ethiopian.1823 July, North American Revolution
- She was found to be one of the type of white women whose nasal organs appear never to have been developed, and who take to the loathsome Mongolian and his filthy hovel as blithely as a plague rat to a sewer.1903 February 8, The Truth, Sydney, page 3, column 4
- Synonyms:
- mongoloid
Synonyms of mongolian
Forms of mongolian
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more Mongolian |
| superlative | most Mongolian |
| alternative form | mongolian |
| Noun | |
| plural | Mongolians |
Origin of mongolian
Originally from Mongol + -ian, a translation (1706) of the German mongolisch, mongalisch. Subsequently, from the name of the country of Mongolia + -an.
Words formed from mongolian
Phrases with mongolian
- Mongolian beef
- Mongolian spots
- Middle Mongolian
- mongolian idiocy
- Mongolian gerbils
- Mongolian Plateau
- Mongolian poplars
- Mongolian barbecue
- Mongolian gazelles
- Mongolian barbecues
- Mongolian wild asses
- Mongolian death worms
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Questions about mongolian
- What does mongolian mean?
- Mongolian means of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
- What is mongolian the alternative letter-case form of?
- Mongolian is the alternative letter-case form of Mongolian.
- What part of speech is mongolian?
- Mongolian can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce mongolian?
- Mongolian is pronounced /mɒŋˈɡoʊliən/.
Words near mongolian in the dictionary
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