Mongol

See also mongol

English

Etymology

Romanisation of Mongolian монгол.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈmɒŋɡəl/, X-SAMPA: /"mQNg@l/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈmɑŋɡəl/, X-SAMPA: /"mANg@l/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋɡəl

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Mongol

1. A person from Mongolia; a Mongolian.
2. A member of any of the various Mongol ethnic groups living in The Mongolian People's Republic, the (former) USSR, Tibet and Nepal.
3. (offensive) (usually mongol) A person with Down's syndrome.
4. A member of the nomadic people from the steppes of central Asia who invaded Europe in the 13th Century. The mongol Empire stretched from the Eastern seas of China to the gates of Vienna.
   • Mathew Paris Chron. Maj. iv.76ff, Translated from The journey of William Rubruck (Hakluyt Society, 2nd series, no.4; 1900) pp. xv-xvi.

     They are inhuman and beastly, rather monsters than men, thirsting for and drinking blood, tearing and devouring the flesh of dogs and men, dressed in ox-hides, armed with plates of iron short, stout, thickset, strong, invincible, indefatigable, their backs unprotected, their breasts covered with armour...They have one-edged swords and daggers and spare neither age, nor sex nor condition.

Related terms

• Mongolia
• Mongolian
• mongolism
• mongoloid
• Golden Horde
• Moghul

Translations

A person from Mongolia; a Mongolian — see Mongolian

someone with Down's syndrome

• Dutch: Mongool m, Mongoolse f

member of the nomadic people

• Dutch: Mongool m, Mongoolse f
• Khmer: ម៉ុងហ៊្គោល (km) (mong gol)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mongol (nb) m

  Nynorsk: mongol (nn) m

• Russian: монгол (ru) (mongól) m, монголка (ru) (mongólka) f

References

• 1992 Webster's New World Encyclopedia. Prentice Hall
• 1970 R C H Davis A History of Medieval Europe. Longman SBN 582 48208 9. P404 et. seq.

Anagrams

• glom on

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Czech

Noun

Mongol m

1. Mongolian, Mongol

Related terms

• Mongolsko
• mongolština

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French

Noun

Mongol m (plural Mongols; feminine Mongole, plural Mongoles)

1. Mongolian (person)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mǒnɡoːl/
• Hyphenation: Mon‧gol

Proper noun

Mòngōl m (Cyrillic spelling Мо̀нго̄л)

1. Mongolian (person)

Declension

    declension of Mongol

	singular	plural
nominative	Mongol	Mongoli
genitive	Mongola	Mongola
dative	Mongolu	Mongolima
accusative	Mongola	Mongole
vocative	Mongolu	Mongoli
locative	Mongolu	Mongolima
instrumental	Mongolom	Mongolima