Mongol Meaning
/ˈmɒŋɡəl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAlternative letter-case form of Mongol (“a person with Down's syndrome”).
nounA member of the Mongolic ethnic group native to Mongolia.
Sentence Examples
The Mongol hordes wiped out everything in their path.
Mongolia is called "Mongol Uls" in Mongolian.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The great conqueror Genghis Khan was a ____ leader from Central Asia.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Genghis Khan was a famous ____ leader who established a massive empire that stretched across large parts of Asia and Europe.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ (mongɣol), from Middle Mongol ᠮᠣᠩᠬᠣᠯ (mongqol). The sense of person with Down syndrome stems from the observation that individuals with this condition frequently exhibit a prominent epicanthic fold, a feature commonly observed among individuals of East Asian ancestry.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The face which emerged was not reassuring.[…]. He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls."
— 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
"—You are malaka! [a wanker] —Malaka goat anan! [is your goat mother!] —Malaka OLOLOLO! —[Answers in Turkish] Malaka goat anandır! [Malaka is your goat mother!] —Mongol! —[Answers in Turkish] Hassiktir ben Türküm! [Fuck you, I am Turkish!]"
— 2020, “TÜRKİYE YUNANİSTAN SINIRINDA ASKERLER (SOLDIERS ON THE TÜRKİYE–GREECE BORDER)”, in YouTube:
"THE following fables are selected from a number which a Mongol teacher dictated in his attempts to familiarise a foreigner with the language of Mongolia. It will be seen at a glance that most of them are not native to the country, but come from a laud abounding with sights and scenes unknown to Mongolia. One or two of them, though, have a very Mongol look about them, and doubtless a good many of them have adopted more or less of a Mongol dress."
— 1878 March–April, Hoinos, “Æsop in Mongolia”, in The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, volume IX, number 2, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 118:
"While the social system could thus be improved, [G. Stanley] Hall knew that heredity was more important. He argued that a pound of heredity was “worth a hundredweight of education.” It was necessary to pay attention to better breeding: “The nation that breeds best, be it Mongol, Slav, Teuton or Saxon, will rule the world in the future.”"
— 1986, Clarence J[oseph] Karier, Scientists of the Mind: Intellectual Founders of Modern Psychology, Urbana, Ill.; Chicago, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 183:
"An old woman with a very Mongol face, a bright Uzbek print dress and a shopping bag, got off at every stop and back on again."
— 1997, Sheila Paine, “[Uzbekistan] Shakhrisabz”, in The Golden Horde: Travels from the Himalaya to Karpathos, London: Penguin Books, published 1998, →ISBN, page 145:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The great conqueror Genghis Khan was a ____ leader from Central Asia.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Genghis Khan was a famous ____ leader who established a massive empire that stretched across large parts of Asia and Europe.