NEPALESE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nepalese mean? 

• NEPALESE (noun)
  The noun NEPALESE has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Nepal

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

• NEPALESE (adjective)
  The adjective NEPALESE has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEPALESE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Nepal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Nepalese; Nepali

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

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

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

Gurkha (a member of Hindu people descended from brahmins and Rajputs who live in Nepal)

Holonyms ("Nepalese" is a member of...):

Kingdom of Nepal; Nepal (a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China)

Derivation:

Nepalese (of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture)

• NEPALESE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Nepalese; Nepali

Context example:

the different Nepali words for 'rice'

Pertainym:

Nepal (a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China)

Derivation:

Nepalese (a native or inhabitant of Nepal)