Mongolian

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures = Mongol.
• Anthropology. Resembling or having some of the characteristic physical features of the Mongoloid racial type = Mongoloid.
• Designating or affected with Down syndrome = Mongol.

Noun

• A native or inhabitant of Mongolia = Mongol.
• A group of languages from Mongolia, specifically Khalkha, the official language of Mongolia.
• A person of Mongoloid physical type; a Mongoloid.

Origin

• Originally from Mongol + -ian, a translation (1706) of the German mongolisch, mongalisch. Subsequently, from the name of the country of Mongolia + -an.