Mongol

Etymology

Derived from монгол (mongol).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒŋɡəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋɡəl/, /ˈmɑŋˌɡoʊl/, /ˈmɔŋˌɡoʊl/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋɡəl

Noun

Mongol (plural Mongols)

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. (dated, now offensive) (usually mongol) A person with Down's syndrome.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess‎:

     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.

4. A member of the nomadic people from the steppes of central Asia who invaded Europe in the 13th Century.
5. A member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club of California, United States.

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

Noun

Mongol m

1. Mongolian, Mongol

Noun

Mongol m (plural Mongols, feminine Mongole)

1. Mongolian (person)

Noun

Mongol m (plural Mongolen, feminine Mongolin)

1. Mongolian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǒnɡoːl/
• Hyphenation: Mon‧gol

Proper noun

Mòngōl m (Cyrillic spelling Мо̀нго̄л)

1. Mongolian (person)