MONGOLIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mongolian mean? 

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

1. a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia

2. a family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia

  Familiarity information: MONGOLIAN used as a noun is rare.

• MONGOLIAN (adjective)
  The adjective MONGOLIAN has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to the modern Mongolian People's Republic

2. of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures

  Familiarity information: MONGOLIAN used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONGOLIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mongol; Mongolian

Hypernyms ("Mongolian" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Mongolian"):

Mongol Tatar; Tartar; Tatar (a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century)

Kalka; Khalka; Khalkha (the Mongol people living in the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia)

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Mongolian; Mongolic; Mongolic language

Hypernyms ("Mongolian" is a kind of...):

Altaic; Altaic language (a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Mongolian"):

Kalka; Khalka; Khalkha (the language of the Khalkha that is the official language of the Mongolian People's Republic)

Derivation:

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

• MONGOLIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the modern Mongolian People's Republic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the Mongolian embassy

Pertainym:

Mongolia (a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia)

Derivation:

Mongolia (a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Mongol; Mongolian

Context example:

Mongolian syntax strongly resembles Korean syntax

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

Mongolian (a family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia)

Mongolian (a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia)

 Context examples 

"Like all such tribes, I shall expect to find them of poly-synthetic speech and of Mongolian type."

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Also called: Nevus, Cafe au lait spot, Hemangioma, Mongolian spot, Strawberry mark

(Birthmarks, NIH)

The Mongolian gerbil was first imported into the United States in 1954 by Dr. Victor Schwentker.

(Mongolian Gerbil, NCI Thesaurus)

The Mongolian theory I regard with deep suspicion.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)