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MONGOLIAN RACE
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Dictionary entry overview
• MONGOLIAN RACE (noun)
The noun MONGOLIAN RACE has 1 sense:
1. an Asian race
Familiarity information: MONGOLIAN RACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An Asian race
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Mongolian race; Mongoloid race; Yellow race
Hypernyms ("Mongolian race" is a kind of...):
race (people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock)
Meronyms (members of "Mongolian race"):
Oriental; oriental person (a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans))
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