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  Mongolian

  adjective

  pertaining to Mongolia.
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  mongolian

  adjective

  (not in technical use) of, relating to, or affected by Down's syndrome

Mongolian

American  

[mong-goh-lee-uhn, mon-] / mɒŋˈgoʊ li ən, mɒn- /

adjective

1. pertaining to Mongolia.

2. of or relating to the Mongol people of inner Asia.

3. Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) Mongoloid.

4. of or relating to Mongolian, a branch of the Altaic languages.

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noun

Mongolians plural

1. a native or inhabitant of the Mongolian People's Republic.

2. a native or inhabitant of Inner Mongolia.

3. Also a group of languages including Buriat and Khalkha and constituting a branch of Altaic.

4. any of the languages of this branch, especially Khalkha.

5. Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples of Asia formerly referred to as Mongoloid.

Mongolian ¹ British  

/ mɒŋˈɡəʊlɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Mongolia, its people, or their language

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noun

1. a native of Mongolia

2. the language of Mongolia See Khalkha

mongolian ² British  

/ mɒŋˈɡəʊlɪən /

adjective

1. offensive (not in technical use) of, relating to, or affected by Down's syndrome

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• non-Mongolian
  adjective
• pre-Mongolian
  adjective
• pseudo-Mongolian
  adjective
• trans-Mongolian
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• Mongolians
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Mongolian

First recorded in 1730–40; Mongoli(a) + -an

Example Sentences

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She is also the co-author of the study, "Save Our Mother Tongue": Online Repression and Erasure of Mongolian Culture in China.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

The score took roughly six months to craft and involved the creation of new tools to build the earthy and whimsical sounds, including a cello based on Mongolian string instruments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Previously students could study most of the curriculum in their native language such as Tibetan, Uyghur or Mongolian.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

That tension reached a breaking point in September 1971, when Lin allegedly attempted a botched coup before dying in a mysterious plane crash in the Mongolian desert while fleeing to the Soviet Union.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

“I caught wind of some local legends near the Mongolian border. Cost me nearly two months of brutal living to track her down.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

The inhabitants of this little-known part of the great asiatic continent, are mongolian Tartars.

From In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by Smith, J. J.

In 2020, ethnic Mongolians in northern China staged rare rallies against measures to reduce teaching in the Mongolian language in favour of Mandarin.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

At the invite-only affair for countries chosen by the International Olympic Committee, Mongolians walked the runway in uniforms that could have passed as couture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

This climbing season, which started in March and is expected to end in a few days, saw four climbers — two Mongolians, one Nepali and one Kenyan — die.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024

The research reveals the underappreciated role that ancient Mongolians played in the spread of horse riding technology and culture around the globe.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2023

Bayazeth took Bosnia, and would have taken Constantinople, had not the same Mongolians, who in 1244 drove the first Turkish tribes westward into Persia, threatened again their newly acquired possessions.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max