Mongolian
[mɔŋ'ɡuliən;'mɔn-]
Definition
(noun.) a family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia.
(adj.) of or relating to the modern Mongolian People's Republic; 'the Mongolian embassy' .
Typed by Brooke--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols.
(n.) One of the Mongols.
Editor: Vince
Examples
- Now this story of Mongolian conquests is surely the most remarkable in all history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- India, a galaxy of contrasted races, religions, and cultures, Dravidian, Mongolian, and Aryan, became a nation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Her population was chiefly a Mongolian population, with some very interesting white people of a Nordic type, the Hairy Ainu, in the northern islands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They became a weapon against the dwindling power of the Mongolian nomads, first in Turkestan and then across Siberia as far as the Amur. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Parthians of the first century B.C. probably mingled Scythian and Mongolian elements. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were probably already much mixed, and rather Aryan than Mongolian. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From these Mongolian races the Aryans seem to have acquired the use of the horse for riding and warfare. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Nordic and the Mongolian peoples may have been but north-western and north-eastern branches from this more fundamental stem. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These centuries were the Age of the Mongolian peoples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All Western Asia and half of Europe fell under Mongolian rule. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Now the case of the Mongolian races to the north and north-west of the Chinese civilization is very parallel. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In South Russia, as we shall note later, there were even Mongolian Jews. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With the downfall of the Mongolian (Yuan) dynasty (1368), the dwindling opportunity of the Christian missions passed altogether. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They may be the last vestiges of an ancient primitive Pre-Nordic Pre-Mongolian strain from which the Nordic races are descended. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Later on a recrudescence of Mongolian energy in Western Asia was destined to create a still more enduring monarchy in India. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Willie