Meanings
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1
adj
relating to Mongolia, its people, language, or culture
The festival included Mongolian music and wrestling.
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2
noun
a person from Mongolia or of Mongolian nationality or descent
A Mongolian climber guided the expedition across the steppe.
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3
noun
the principal Mongolic language of Mongolia
The notice was printed in Mongolian and English.
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4
adj
dated anthropology: belonging to a formerly proposed broad racial category for Asian and other peoples
Modern anthropology rejects Mongolian as a biological racial classification.
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Etymology
Formed from Mongol + -ian, influenced by German mongolisch, and later understood as Mongolia + -an. The modern word refers to Mongolia and its people or language; nineteenth-century racial classifications using the term are obsolete and scientifically invalid.