Mongolian

Mongolian
a) Of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures = Mongol.

He had a Sister, which according to the Mongalian<!Sic: This spelling is found in the quotation custom lived in the devoted spiritual state.

b) Anthropology. Resembling or having some of the characteristic physical features of the Mongoloid racial type = Mongoloid.

The Mongolian characters...are written perpendicularly from above downward.

2. noun

The Cossac there, The Calmuc, and Mungalian, round the bales In crowds resort.

b) A group of Altaic languages from Mongolia, specifically Khalkha, the official language of Mongolia.

This day we saw some scattered tents of Mongalians, with their flocks.


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  • Mongolian — Mon*go li*an, a. Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols. n. One of the Mongols. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Mongolian — 1738 (adj.); 1846 (n.), from MONGOL (Cf. Mongol) + IAN (Cf. ian). As a classification for the Asiatic race, it is from 1868 …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Mongolian — [[t]mɒŋgo͟ʊliən[/t]] ♦♦♦ Mongolians 1) ADJ Mongolian means belonging or relating to Mongolia, or to its people, language, or culture. ...the Mongolian capital, Ulan Bator. 2) N COUNT A Mongolian is a Mongolian citizen, or a person of Mongolian… …   English dictionary

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  • Mongolian — /mong goh lee euhn, mon /, adj. 1. pertaining to Mongolia. 2. of or pertaining to the Mongol people of inner Asia. 3. Anthropol. Mongoloid. 4. of or pertaining to Mongolian, a branch of the Altaic languages. n. 5. a native or inhabitant of the… …   Universalium

  • Mongolian — ISO 639 3 Code : mon ISO 639 2/B Code : mon ISO 639 2/T Code : mon ISO 639 1 Code : mn Scope : Macrolanguage Language Type : Living Individual languages : Identifier : khk Name: Halh Mongolian Individual languages : Identifier : mvf Name:… …   Names of Languages ISO 639-3

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