Mongolian

Meaning

1. Of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
2. Resembling or having some of the characteristic physical features of the mongoloid racial type.
3. Relating to or affected with Down syndrome.
4. A native or inhabitant of Mongolia.
5. A group of languages from Mongolia, specifically Khalkha, the official language of Mongolia.
6. A person of the mongoloid physical type.
7. Alternative letter-case form of Mongolian (“relating to or affected with Down syndrome”).

Etymology / 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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