/mong goh"lee euhn, mon-/ , adj.
1. pertaining to Mongolia.
2. of or pertaining to the Mongol people of inner Asia.
3. Anthropol. Mongoloid.
4. of or pertaining to Mongolian, a branch of the Altaic languages.
n.
5. a native or inhabitant of the Mongolian People's Republic.
6. a native or inhabitant of Inner Mongolia.
7. Also, Mongolic . a group of languages including Buriat and Khalkha and constituting a branch of Altaic.
8. any of the languages of this branch, esp. Khalkha.
9. a member of the Mongoloid peoples of Asia.
[ 1730-40; MONGOLI(A) + -AN ]