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KHALKHA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Khalkha mean?
• KHALKHA (noun)
The noun KHALKHA has 2 senses:
1. the Mongol people living in the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia
2. the language of the Khalkha that is the official language of the Mongolian People's Republic
Familiarity information: KHALKHA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Mongol people living in the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("Khalkha" is a kind of...):
Mongol; Mongolian (a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The language of the Khalkha that is the official language of the Mongolian People's Republic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("Khalkha" is a kind of...):
Mongolian; Mongolic; Mongolic language (a family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia)
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