Mongolian

[ mong-goh-lee-uhn, mon- ]

adjective

1. pertaining to Mongolia.
2. of or relating to the Mongol people of inner Asia.
3. Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) Mongoloid.
4. of or relating to Mongolian, a branch of the Altaic languages.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the Mongolian People's Republic.
2. a native or inhabitant of Inner Mongolia.
3. Also . a group of languages including Buriat and Khalkha and constituting a branch of Altaic.
4. any of the languages of this branch, especially Khalkha.
5. Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples of Asia formerly referred to as Mongoloid.

Mongolian

¹

/ mɒŋˈɡəʊlɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Mongolia, its people, or their language

noun

1. a native of Mongolia
2. the language of Mongolia See Khalkha

mongolian

²

/ mɒŋˈɡəʊlɪən /

adjective

1. offensive.
   (not in technical use) of, relating to, or affected by Down's syndrome

Other Words From

• non-Mon·go·li·an adjective noun
• pre-Mon·go·li·an adjective
• pseu·do-Mon·go·li·an adjective noun
• trans-Mon·go·li·an adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mongolian¹

First recorded in 1730–40; Mongoli(a) + -an

Example Sentences

In Mongolian folk tales Przewalski’s horses were seen as the “riding mounts of the gods,” and Mongolians thus call the horses “takhi,” meaning spirit or holy.

From Singularity Hub 

From erupting volcanoes in Italy, to remote Mongolian forests, to the Philippine Sea, this year’s winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award went above and beyond to capture images that displayed the beauty of the natural world.

From Popular-Science

Lee plans to look for female warriors in more Mongolian tombs.

From Science News For Students

She suspects that freedom for Mongolian women goes back at least 400 more years.

From Science News For Students

A Mongolian restaurant needed a prep cook to start right away.

From Science News For Students

Under Mongolian law, any fossil specimen found in the Gobi Desert must stay in the possession of a Mongolian institution.

From The Daily Beast

Is he a bearded Mongolian warrior on horseback, decked out in lustrous jade and gold armor?

From The Daily Beast

Week after week we are shaken to learn that French bistro—No, Mongolian—No, Genever gin—No, soba—is THE food trend of the moment.

From The Daily Beast

Certainly, similar conversations occur in miniscule Japanese apartments or Mongolian yurts, with appropriate substitutions.

From The Daily Beast

The Tartars belong more especially to two distinct races, the Caucasian and the Mongolian.

From Project Gutenberg

The Tibetans themselves are a strong, well-built and hardy race—Mongolian in type.

From Project Gutenberg

It is very positively asserted by several authors that the civilization of Peru was of Mongolian origin.

From Project Gutenberg

Their Mongolian physiognomy is unequivocal;—a Mongolian physiognomy but conjoined with a dark skin.

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I submit that all these points are Mongolian; and this is what Mr. Hodgson evidently thinks also.

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