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MONGOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mongol mean? 

MONGOL (noun)
  The noun MONGOL has 1 sense:

1. a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongoliaplay

  Familiarity information: MONGOL used as a noun is very rare.


MONGOL (adjective)
  The adjective MONGOL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or culturesplay

  Familiarity information: MONGOL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MONGOL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mongol; Mongolian

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

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

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

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:

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


MONGOL (adjective)


Sense 1

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:

Mongol (a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia)


 Context examples 


There were Slavonian hunters, fair-skinned and mighty-muscled; short, squat Finns, with flat noses and round faces; Siberian half-breeds, whose noses were more like eagle-beaks; and lean, slant-eyed men, who bore in their veins the Mongol and Tartar blood as well as the blood of the Slav.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)



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