MONGOLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mongolia mean? 

• MONGOLIA (noun)
  The noun MONGOLIA has 2 senses:

1. a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia

2. a vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia

  Familiarity information: MONGOLIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONGOLIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A landlocked socialist republic in central Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Mongolia; Mongolian People's Republic; Outer Mongolia

Instance hypernyms:

Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Mongolia"):

capital of Mongolia; Kulun; Ulaanbaatar; Ulan Bator; Urga (the capital and largest city of Mongolia)

Gobi; Gobi Desert (a desert in central China)

Holonyms ("Mongolia" is a part of...):

Mongolia (a vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia)

Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)

Derivation:

Mongolian (of or relating to the modern Mongolian People's Republic)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Mongolia"):

Mongolia; Mongolian People's Republic; Outer Mongolia (a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia)

Holonyms ("Mongolia" is a part of...):

Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)

Derivation:

Mongolian (of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures)

 Context examples 

Scientists discovered the fossils in ancient peat deposits at the Tevshiin Govi mine in the steppes of central Mongolia.

(Paleontologists find fossil relative of Ginkgo biloba, NSF)

Originating in the deserts of northern China and Mongolia and kept in captivity since 1919, these hamsters exhibit a whitish/grey/brown coat color with a black stripe down the spine.

(Chinese Hamster, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Denotes the inhabitants of Mongolia, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(Mongolian, NCI Thesaurus)

Originating in the deserts of northern China and Mongolia and kept in captivity since 1919, these hamsters exhibit a whitish/grey/brown coat color with a black stripe down the spine, and have a life span of two to three years.

(Chinese Hamster, NCI Thesaurus)

A discovery of well-preserved fossil plants by paleontologists from the United States, China, Japan, Russia and Mongolia has allowed researchers to identify a distant relative of the living plant Ginkgo biloba.

(Paleontologists find fossil relative of Ginkgo biloba, NSF)