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MONGOLIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia

Synonyms:

Mongolian; Mongolic; Mongolic language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Mongolian" is a kind of...):

Altaic; Altaic language (a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Mongolian"):

Kalka; Khalka; Khalkha (the language of the Khalkha that is the official language of the Mongolian People's Republic)

Derivation:

Mongolian (of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia

Synonyms:

Mongol; Mongolian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Mongolian" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Mongolian"):

Mongol Tatar; Tartar; Tatar (a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century)

Kalka; Khalka; Khalkha (the Mongol people living in the central and eastern parts of Outer Mongolia)

Derivation:

Mongolian (of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures

Example:

Mongolian syntax strongly resembles Korean syntax

Synonyms:

Mongol; Mongolian

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Mongolia (a vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia)

Derivation:

Mongolia (a vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia)

Mongolian (a family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia)

Mongolian (a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the modern Mongolian People's Republic

Example:

the Mongolian embassy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Mongolia (a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia)

Derivation:

Mongolia (a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia)

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