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Mongolian

Mongolian

4.7
A person from Mongolia who lives as a nomad on the steppe
  • noun
  • /mɒŋˈɡoʊliən/
translation icon : mongol
  • Nomadic Mongolians used yak's milk to create hard, sun dried wedges of bua slog.

Examples

  • What about this shop owner or the Mongolian sheep herder?

  • During the reign of Ozbek, it was the emergence of a Turkic Mongolian people who call themselves to this day Tatis.

  • The Mongolian people have a rich cultural heritage that includes tradition, music, and art.

  • In Mongolia, many Mongolian families continue to practice herding animals as a way of life.

  • The Mongolian festival features traditional games, food, and music that celebrate their history.

Synonyms

Mongol
vsMongolian
1 6.5

A person from Mongolia or from groups who move with their animals on the grasslands

is the national term focused on people within the country not the wider region
Khalka
vsMongolian
9.9

The largest group of Mongol people who live mainly in central and eastern Mongolia

is the national ethnic identity for the whole country rather than one subgroup
Khalkha
vsMongolian
9.9

A member of the main Mongolian group who lives in central and eastern Mongolia

is the wider national identity not limited to those regions
Kalka
vsMongolian
9.9

A person from a Mongol group in central and eastern Mongolia

is the national ethnic category covering all regions of the country

Compounds

The former name of Mongolia during its socialist period from 1924 to 1992

9.9

An old, wrong idea that grouped East and Southeast Asian people and is now seen as insulting

Surface Forms

Mongolian singular
Mongolians plural

Morphology

Mongolian = Mongol (transparent) = Mongol + ian

Direct and regular demonym/adjectival formation from the ethnonym 'Mongol' using the productive suffix '-ian', which learners will recognize.

Etymology

Mongolian comes from Mongol, the name of the 'people' who lived on the wide grasslands and were famous as horse riders and herders, so a Mongolian is a member of that group.