Mongol
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Mongal (obsolete)
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Russian монго́л (mongól).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒŋɡəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑŋɡəl/, /ˈmɑŋˌɡoʊl/, /ˈmɔŋˌɡoʊl/
- Rhymes: -ɒŋɡəl
NounEdit
Mongol (plural Mongols)
- A person from Mongolia; a Mongolian.
- A member of any of the various Mongol ethnic groups living in The Mongolian People's Republic, the (former) USSR, Tibet and Nepal.
- (dated, now offensive) (usually mongol) A person with Down's syndrome.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess[1]:
- The face which emerged was not reassuring. […]. He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls.
- A member of the nomadic people from the steppes of central Asia who invaded Europe in the 13th Century.
- A member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club of California, United States.
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TranslationsEdit
member of the nomadic people
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A person from Mongolia; a Mongolian — see Mongolian
someone with Down's syndrome
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Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper nounEdit
Mongol
- A Keram language spoken in Papua New Guinea (also known by its native name Mwakai).
ReferencesEdit
- 1992 Webster's New World Encyclopedia. Prentice Hall
- 1970 R C H Davis A History of Medieval Europe. Longman SBN 582 48208 9. P404 et. seq.
AnagramsEdit
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Mongol m anim (feminine Mongolka)
DeclensionEdit
Declension
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FrenchEdit
NounEdit
Mongol m (plural Mongols, feminine Mongole)
- Mongolian (person)
LuxembourgishEdit
NounEdit
Mongol m (plural Mongolen, feminine Mongolin)
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Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Mòngōl m (Cyrillic spelling Мо̀нго̄л)
- Mongolian (person)