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Mongolian

mon·go·lian

UK/mɒŋˈɡoʊliən/ US/mɑˈŋɡoʊljʌn/ uncommon archaic dated
adjective (2) noun (2)

adjective

1.

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

  • “the Mongolian embassy”
2.

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

  • “the Mongol invaders”
  • “a Mongolian pony”
  • “Mongolian syntax strongly resembles Korean syntax”
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noun

1.

a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia

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Origin

Originally from Mongol + -ian, a translation (1706) of the German mongolisch, mongalisch. Subsequently, from the name of the country of Mongolia + -an.

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