Adjacent Words

Mongol definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures; "the Mongol invaders"; "a Mongolian pony"; "Mongolian syntax strongly resembles Korean syntax" [syn: Mongol, Mongolian] n
1: a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia [syn: Mongol, Mongolian]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Mongolian mong?ol Date: circa 1662 1. a member of any of a group of traditionally pastoral peoples of Mongolia 2. Mongolian 1 3. a person of Mongoloid racial stock 4. often not capitalized, sometimes offensive one affected with Down syndrome • Mongol adjective

Britannica Concise

Member of an Asian people from the Mongolian plateau who share a common language and a nomadic tradition of herding sheep, cattle, goats, and horses. In the 10th-12th cent. the Khitans (see Liao dynasty), Juchen, and Tatars, all Mongol peoples, ruled in Mongolia, but Mongol power was greatest in the 13th cent., when Genghis Khan, his sons (incl. Ö gö dei), and his grandsons Batu and Kublai Khan, created one of the world's largest empires. It declined greatly in the 14th cent., when China was lost to the Ming dynasty and the Golden Horde was taken by Muscovites. Ming incursions effectively ended Mongol unity, and by the 15th-16th cent. only a loose federation existed. Today the plateau is divided between independent Mongolia and Chinese-controlled Inner Mongolia. Other Mongols live in Siberia. Tibetan Buddhism is the principal Mongol religion. See also khan, To-wang.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or relating to the Asian people now inhabiting Mongolia in Central Asia. 2 resembling this people, esp. in appearance. 3 (mongol) often offens. suffering from Down's syndrome. --n. 1 a Mongolian. 2 (mongol) often offens. a person suffering from Down's syndrome. Etymology: native name: perh. f. mong brave

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mongol Mon"gol, n. One of the Mongols. -- a. Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(Mongols) 1. The Mongols were an Asian people who, led by Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan, took control of large areas of China and Central Asia in the 12th and 13th centuries A.D. N-COUNT 2. Mongol means belonging or relating to the Mongols. ...the Mongol invasions of the 13th century. ADJ: ADJ n