Sekirov Dictionary

Mongolian

/mɒŋˈɡoʊliən/

adjective 3
noun 3
forms 3

adjective3

•
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
•
(old-fashioned) 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
•
(offensive, no longer used) 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

noun3

•
A native or inhabitant of Mongolia.
- The Cossac there, The Calmuc, and Mungalian, round the bales In crowds resort. — 1757
•
the main language of Mongolia, used officially there and also spoken in some areas in the north of China
- Khalka […] Mongolian possesses seven vowels and twenty consonants. — 1926
•
a person seen by older theories of race as belonging to a group with the physical features common in East Asia
- A particular individual which the latter considered a Mongolian and the former assures us is an Ethiopian. — 1823

forms

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