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Mongolian

Mongolian

2 3.4
A person from Mongolia or whose family comes from Mongolia
  • proper noun
  • /mɒŋˈɡoʊliən/
translation icon : mongol
  • Jargal is proud to identify himself as a Mongolian and often shares stories from his family's history.

There's a place called the Checkerboard, and the Mongolians were digging for gold.

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Examples

  • There's a place called the Checkerboard, and the Mongolians were digging for gold.

  • OK, so I go to Mongolia and long before the Internet and cell phones, the Mongolians were digging for gold.

  • He is currently writing a history of the United States in Mongolian.

    Academic text (1995)
  • That was what was going on between the Mongolians and Russians for thousands of years.

  • Every Mongolian knows it.

    Blog text (7)
  • Every Mongolian knows that the giant Tavan Tolgoi mine is basically in the hands of Elbegdorj.

    Blog text (7)
  • Most books on the United States in Mongolian libraries are in Russian, although some of the works of Mark Twain, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner have been translated directly into Mongolian.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Many Mongolian traditions have been preserved and celebrated during the annual festival in the capital.

  • As a student of world cultures, I have always been fascinated by the lifestyle of the Mongolian nomads.

Synonyms

Khalkha
vsMongolian
9.9

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

is a person from the country or of national descent
Khalka
vsMongolian
9.9

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

is a person from the country or of national descent
Kalka
vsMongolian
9.9

A person from a Mongol group in central and eastern Mongolia

is a person from the country or of national descent

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 main

Morphology

Mongolian = Mongol (transparent) = Mongol + ian

Standard demonymic formation; learners aware of 'Mongol' will understand 'Mongolian' as a person from Mongolia.

Etymology

Mongolian comes from the country name Mongolia, which means 'land of the Mongol people', so calling someone Mongolian means they come from Mongolia.