Mongolian

Definition

Of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "He had a Sister, which according to the Mongalian custom lived in the devoted spiritual state."
• "The Mongolian characters...are written perpendicularly from above downward."
• "He usually had a heavy growth of dark stubble that made him look...rather like a Mongolian bandit."