cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Israeli
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭz-rā'lē
ipa: /ɪzˈɹeɪli/
rhymes: -eɪli
Etymology: From Hebrew ישראלי (jiśrəʾēlî). By surface analysis, Israel + -i.
Senses: examples: text: The current Israeli government has been working to curtail and eliminate critical voices within Israeli society in recent years, particularly those fighting to end the occupation and expose human rights violations against Palestinians and marginalized communities.
ref: 2018 December 6, “Israeli gov't is trying to defund +972 Magazine, report says”, in +972 Magazine, archived from the original on 15 May 2021:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people.
Derived terms: Israeli couscous
Israeli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭz-rā'lē
ipa: /ɪzˈɹeɪli/
rhymes: -eɪli
Etymology: From Hebrew ישראלי (jiśrəʾēlî). By surface analysis, Israel + -i.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, when most native Israeli-speakers speak Israeli, their intonation is much more similar to that of Yiddish, the mother tongue of most revivalists, than to that of Arabic or any other language belonging to the Semitic branch […]
ref: 2010, Joshua A. Fishman, Ofelia García, Handbook of Language & Ethnic Identity, volume 2, page 73:
glosses: The modern Hebrew language.
Related terms: Israel
Israelite
Israelian
Israhelli
Jewsrael
Honduran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hondurans
Senses: glosses: A person from Honduras or of Honduran descent.
Honduran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Honduran
form: most Honduran
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Honduras or the Honduran people.
Derived terms: Honduranness
Haitian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: Haitians
Etymology: From Haiti + -an.
Senses: examples: text: The goal was to make Haitians dependent on France, from their economy to their culture to the very words they spoke.
ref: 2022 October 14, Michel DeGraff, “As a Child in Haiti, I Was Taught to Despise My Language and Myself”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A person from Haiti or of Haitian descent.
Haitian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From Haiti + -an.
Senses: glosses: Haitian Creole, one of the official languages of Haiti.
Haitian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From Haiti + -an.
Senses: examples: text: That would have given Haitian students a chance to function in both languages while prizing their national identity.
ref: 2022 October 14, Michel DeGraff, “As a Child in Haiti, I Was Taught to Despise My Language and Myself”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Haiti, its inhabitants, or their language.
Derived terms: Haitianization
Haitianness
Gambian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Gambia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Gambia or the Gambian people.
Gambian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gambians
Etymology: From Gambia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Gambia or of Gambian descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Egyptian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈd͡ʒɪp.ʃən/
Forms: form: Ægyptian
form: Ægiptian
form: Aegiptian
Etymology: From Middle English Egipcien, egyptiane. Displaced Old English Egyptisċ. By surface analysis, Egypt + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
Derived terms: anti-Egyptian
Egyptian Aramaic
Egyptian bean
Egyptian cotton
Egyptian cross
Egyptian darkness
Egyptianness
Egyptian privet
Egyptian spinach
Egyptian thorn
Upper Egyptian Arabic
Egyptian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈd͡ʒɪp.ʃən/
Forms: form: Egyptians
form: Ægyptian
form: Ægiptian
form: Aegiptian
Etymology: From Middle English Egipcien, egyptiane. Displaced Old English Egyptisċ. By surface analysis, Egypt + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
examples: text: The people then assembled in this barn were no other than a company of Egyptians, or, as they are vulgarly called, gypsies, and they were now celebrating the wedding of one of their society.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 457:
text: I went to see the Egyptian, and the Hoodoo doctors too. They shook their heads, and told me there was nothing they could do.
ref: 1968, Little Brother Montgomery, Bruce Saunders, "Prescription for the Blues", Like to Get to Know You (Spanky & Our Gang)
glosses: A gypsy.
Derived terms: Balkan Egyptian
Egyptian vulture
Lower Egyptian
Upper Egyptian
walk like an Egyptian
Egyptian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈd͡ʒɪp.ʃən/
Forms: form: Ægyptian
form: Ægiptian
form: Aegiptian
Etymology: From Middle English Egipcien, egyptiane. Displaced Old English Egyptisċ. By surface analysis, Egypt + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Ancient Egyptian
glosses: The Afroasiatic language spoken (and written) in ancient Egypt
Related terms: Egypt
Late Egyptian
Middle Egyptian
Old Egyptian
Cambodian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Cambogian
Etymology: From Cambodia + -an.
Senses: synonyms: Kampuchean
Khmer
glosses: of, from, or pertaining to Cambodia, the Cambodian people, or the Khmer language
Cambodian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cambodians
form: Cambogian
Etymology: From Cambodia + -an.
Senses: glosses: a person from Cambodia or of Cambodian descent
synonyms: Khmer
glosses: the language of the Cambodian people
Burundian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Burundians
Etymology: From Burundi + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Burundi or of Burundian descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Burundian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Burundian
form: most Burundian
Etymology: From Burundi + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Burundi or its people.
Cameroonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæməˈɹuː.ni.ən/
rhymes: -uːniən
Etymology: From Cameroon + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: In January, Boko Haram struck Fotokol, a Cameroonian town separated by only a bridge from Gambarou, Nigeria, a stronghold of the Islamist extremists. The attackers killed more than 400 people.
ref: 2015 March 3, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Cameroon in for long fight as its youth join Boko Haram”, in CNN:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Cameroon, the Cameroonian people or the Cameroonian language.
Derived terms: Cameroonian English
Cameroonianness
Cameroonian Pidgin English
Cameroonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæməˈɹuː.ni.ən/
rhymes: -uːniən
Forms: form: Cameroonians
Etymology: From Cameroon + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Nouma said he believes “most of the worst attacks we have suffered” were carried out by Cameroonians fighting for Boko Haram.
ref: 2015 March 3, Ngala Killian Chimtom, “Cameroon in for long fight as its youth join Boko Haram”, in CNN:
text: Cameroonian Jean Mboulé was born in France but when he applied for a visa in 2022 alongside his wife using similar documents, his application was rejected but hers was not.
ref: 2025 May 21, Larry Madowo, “Africans lost nearly $70M to denied visas applications to Europe in 2024”, in CNN:
hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
glosses: A person from Cameroon or of Cameroonian descent.
Costa Rican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Costa Ricans
Etymology: From Costa Rica + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Costa Rica or of Costa Rican descent.
Costa Rican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Costa Rica + -an.
Senses: examples: text: He has a home in the Costa Rican hills.
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Costa Rica.
examples: text: His dialect was distinctly Costa Rican.
text: Marine archaeologists have discovered that two shipwrecks in Costa Rica are the remains of Danish slave ships missing for centuries — a finding that restores the ancestral lineage of an entire Costa Rican community more than 300 years after the vessels’ occupants reached its shores.
ref: 2025 May 2, Amarachi Orie, “Archaeologists discover true identity of Costa Rica shipwrecks long thought to be pirate ships”, in CNN:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the people, language, or culture of Costa Rica.
ola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: olas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of olay.
Agrigento
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntəʊ/
ipa: /ˌæɡɹɪˈd͡ʒɛntoʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Agrigento, from Latin Agrigentum, possibly from the root words ager (“field”) and gēns (“clan, kin”), but more likely to be a corruption of Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾰντᾰ (Akrágăntă), accusative of Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās), from ἄκρος (ákros, “at the edge”).
Senses: glosses: A province of Sicily, Italy.
glosses: The capital city of Agrigento.
Ancona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Ancona, from Latin Ancōna, from ancōn (“curve, elbow”).
Senses: glosses: A province of Marche, Italy.
glosses: A port city and comune, the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region of Marche, Italy.
glosses: A small town in the Shire of Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, named after Ancona, Italy.
glosses: A locality in Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Reading Township, Livingston County, Illinois, United States, named after Ancona, Italy.
Derived terms: Anconan
Ancona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anconas
Etymology: From Italian Ancona, from Latin Ancōna, from ancōn (“curve, elbow”).
Senses: examples: In all but colouring, the Ancona is a very similar bird to the Leghorn. It was imported from Italy probably some years before the latter. See ref. p.43.
glosses: A breed of poultry.
Derived terms: Ancobar
Aosta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːˈɒstə/
rhymes: -ɒstə
Etymology: From Italian Aosta, ultimately from the Latin name Augusta Praetōria Salassōrum.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Aosta Valley, Italy.
synonyms: Valle d'Aosta
glosses: The sole province of Valle d'Aosta, Italy.
Derived terms: Aostan
Aosta Valley
Arezzo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹɛtsəʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Arezzo, from Latin Ārrētium, from Etruscan 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌 (aritim).
Senses: glosses: A province of Tuscany, Italy.
glosses: The capital city of Arezzo.
Related terms: Arretine
Ascoli Piceno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and associated province of Marche, Italy.
Avellino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Avellino, from Latin Abellinum, from Abella + -inum (equivalent to Avella + -ino). From Proto-Italic *abelnā (“apple-bearing”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (“apple, apple-tree”).
Senses: glosses: A city in Campania, in southern Italy.
glosses: A province of Campania, Italy, around the city.
bari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæɹi/
rhymes: -æɹi
Forms: form: baris
Etymology: Short for baritone.
Senses: examples: text: A basic 17-piece jazz orchestra never uses more than one bari; to see four lined up in a row you'd usually have to go to an instrument repair shop.
ref: 2000 November 24, Neil Tesser, “Baritone Nation”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A baritone saxophone
qualifier: barbershop music
glosses: A baritone (singer)
Derived terms: bari sax
Uzbek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʊzbɛk/
ipa: /ˈuːzbɛk/
Forms: form: Uzbeks
Etymology: From Russian узбек (uzbek), from Uzbek oʻzbek. Further etymology is uncertain; possibly from Turkic öz (“genuine”) + Sogdian [script needed] (βγ /⁠beġ⁠/, “master”); the latter from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰagás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás. The first element is often thought to be equivalent to English Oghuz.
Senses: examples: text: Fashionable Uzbeks wear clothing made from the fabric, and suzanis have become popular with interior designers from the UK to Singapore, who use them as wall décor, bedding, or as the fabric for throw pillows.
ref: 2024 December 19, Amy Gunia, “Young Uzbeks are finding new markets for traditional handicrafts online”, in CNN Business:
glosses: A person from Uzbekistan or of Uzbek descent.
Uzbek
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʊzbɛk/
ipa: /ˈuːzbɛk/
Forms: form: more Uzbek
form: most Uzbek
Etymology: From Russian узбек (uzbek), from Uzbek oʻzbek. Further etymology is uncertain; possibly from Turkic öz (“genuine”) + Sogdian [script needed] (βγ /⁠beġ⁠/, “master”); the latter from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰagás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás. The first element is often thought to be equivalent to English Oghuz.
Senses: examples: text: Outside government, Uzbek and Islamic social mores – by no means always mutually compatible – have always exerted their own influences. One positive and very Uzbek influence are the Mahallas, mutual help communities of families, local businesses and committees which deal effectively with a wide range of local issues.
ref: 1994, World Link, volumes 1–4, page 182:
text: He is a gruff, white-bearded man, very Uzbek in his skull-cap and long grey coat.
ref: 1999, Andrew Dowling, “Uzbekistan”, in The Godless Pilgrim, London: Fusion Press, →ISBN, part two (Central), page 116:
text: As for the unpredictable Uzbek commander Dostum, Rasheed said no one knew where he would stand.
ref: 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 224:
text: Özgön has a university, a brewery and a distinctive bazaar that is very Uzbek in character.
ref: 2008, Laurence Mitchell, Kyrgyzstan: The Bradt Travel Guide, Chalfont St Peter, Bucks: Bradt Travel Guides Ltd; Guilford, Conn.: The Globe Pequot Press Inc, →ISBN, page 260:
text: Uzbekistan came under Russian control in the 19th century, and traditional Uzbek craftsmanship almost didn’t survive the Soviet era.
ref: 2024 December 19, Amy Gunia, “Young Uzbeks are finding new markets for traditional handicrafts online”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Uzbekistan, the Uzbek people or the Uzbek language.
Uzbek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʊzbɛk/
ipa: /ˈuːzbɛk/
Etymology: From Russian узбек (uzbek), from Uzbek oʻzbek. Further etymology is uncertain; possibly from Turkic öz (“genuine”) + Sogdian [script needed] (βγ /⁠beġ⁠/, “master”); the latter from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰagás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰagás. The first element is often thought to be equivalent to English Oghuz.
Senses: glosses: The language of Uzbekistan.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Uzbek terms
Belluno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Veneto, Italy.
glosses: A town and comune, the capital of the province of Belluno, Veneto.
Benevento
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Benevento, from Latin Beneventum, from bene (“good, well”) + ventum (“air”), probably an avoidance term for an earlier Maleventum ("Bad Air").
Senses: glosses: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Benevento, Campania, in southern Italy.
glosses: A province of Campania, Italy, around the city.
Synonyms: topics: city
cities
region
location
word: Beneventum
Bergamo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜːɡəˌməʊ/
ipa: /ˈbɝɡəˌmoʊ/
Forms: form: Bergamos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Bergamo.
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A province of Lombardy, Italy.
glosses: A placename:
A city and comune, the capital of the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy.
glosses: A habitational surname from Italian.
Biella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Biella.
Senses: glosses: A province of Piedmont, Italy.
glosses: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Biella, Piedmont, Italy.
Bologna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈlɒnjə/
ipa: /bəˈləʊnjə/
ipa: /bəˈloʊnjə/
Forms: form: Bolognas
Etymology: From Italian Bologna, from Latin Bonōnia, ultimately from Celtic. Doublet of Boleyn and Boulogne.
Senses: glosses: A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
glosses: The capital city of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, the capital of Bologna and also of Emilia-Romagna.
glosses: A habitational surname from Italian.
Derived terms: Bologna bottle
Bologna flask
Bologna phial
Bologna phosphorus
Bologna sausage
Bologna stone
Bologna vial
Related terms: Bolognese
Bolognian
Bolzano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Bolzano.
Senses: glosses: A city and comune, the capital of the province of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
Brescia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɛʃə/
rhymes: -ɛʃə
Forms: form: Brescias
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Brescia, Lombard Brèsa.
Senses: glosses: A province of Lombardy, Italy.
glosses: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Brescia, Lombardy, Italy.
glosses: A habitational surname from Italian.
Related terms: Brescian
Brindisi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbrɪndɪzi/
enpr: brĭnʹdĭz-ē
Forms: form: Brindisis
Etymology: From Italian Brindisi, from Latin Brundisium, from Ancient Greek Βρεντέσιον (Brentésion), said to be from Messapic.
Senses: glosses: A port city in Apulia, Italy.
glosses: A province of Apulia, Italy. Capital: Brindisi.
glosses: A habitational surname from Italian.
Cagliari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæljəɹi/
ipa: /ˈkɑːljəɹi/
ipa: /ˌkæliˈɑːɹi/
Etymology: From Italian Cagliari, from Latin Calaris, a form of Caralis.
Senses: glosses: A province of Sardinia, Italy.
glosses: A port city and comune, the capital of the province of Cagliari and of Sardinia as a whole.
Derived terms: word: Cagliaritan
Caltanissetta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæltənɪˈsɛtə/
rhymes: -ɛtə
Etymology: From Italian Caltanissetta, from its ancient Arabic toponym قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fort of the Women”).
Senses: glosses: A city and province of Sicily, Italy.
swede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /swiːd/
rhymes: -iːd
homophone: Swede
Forms: form: swedes
Etymology: From the earlier term Swedish turnip, because the Swedes introduced the plant to the English in the 1700s.
Senses: glosses: The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
glosses: The plant from which this is obtained.
glosses: The turnip.
examples: text: Gotta be so careful nowadays; local copper's no problem but the cow from the council done me 'cos this almost brained a punter when it fell on his swede.
ref: 2005, The Spectator, volume 299, page 49:
glosses: The head.
Synonyms: sense: plant
word: rutabaga
topics: vegetable
food
lifestyle
word: rutabaga
topics: vegetable
food
lifestyle
word: neep
topics: vegetable
food
lifestyle
word: yellow turnip
topics: vegetable
food
lifestyle
word: winter turnip
Derived terms: swede midge
swede
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /swiːd/
rhymes: -iːd
homophone: Swede
Forms: form: swedes
form: sweding
form: sweded
form: sweded
Etymology: Coined by Michel Gondry in the film Be Kind Rewind, from the claim that films produced in this way were imported from Sweden.
Senses: examples: text: Chances are you've sweded something before without even knowing it.
ref: 2008, “The Five Most Awesomely Sweded Movies”, in Esquire:
text: Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones and John Rambo are this era's King Arthur, Beowulf and Robin Hood – and sweding represents a playful and heartfelt engagement with their myths.
ref: 2014, The Guardian, Sweded movies: the end of Hollywood as we know it?:
glosses: To produce a low-budget remake of a film without the use of professional actors or filming techniques.
Campobasso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Campobasso.
Senses: glosses: Province of Molise, Italy.
glosses: The capital city of Molise, Italy.
Caserta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Campania, Italy.
glosses: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Caserta in Campania, Italy.
Catania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Catanias
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Catania.
Senses: glosses: A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy.
glosses: A metropolitan city of Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Catania.
glosses: A former province of Sicily.
glosses: A habitational surname from Italian.
Catanzaro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Catanzaro.
Senses: glosses: Province of Calabria, Italy.
glosses: The capital city and province of Calabria, Italy.
Malawian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Malawians
Etymology: From Malawi + -an.
Senses: examples: text: The average Malawian earns about US$250 monthly.
ref: 2016 February 29, Ralf Bodelier, “Slums can transform peoples’ lives for the better”, in Africa at LSE:
text: The departure of hundreds of Malawians to Israel to work as farm labourers has sparked a debate within the Southern African country, which is looking to raise much-needed foreign currency amid a cash crunch.
ref: 2023 January 12, Charles Pensulo, “Apprehension in Malawi as government sends workers to Israel amid Gaza war”, in Al Jazeera:
glosses: A person from Malawi or of Malawian descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Malawian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Malawi + -an.
Senses: examples: text: As a youngster Filesi heard about the fast life in Blantyre, the big Malawian city that encompasses Ndirande slum.
ref: 2016 February 29, Ralf Bodelier, “Slums can transform peoples’ lives for the better”, in Africa at LSE:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Malawi or the Malawian people.
Derived terms: Malawian English
Chieti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Chieti.
Senses: glosses: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy.
glosses: A province of Abruzzo, Italy.
Como
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Como.
Senses: glosses: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Como, Lombardy.
glosses: A province of Lombardy, Italy.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Whiteside County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Jay County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood in south-east Minneapolis, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Marshall County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Panola County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Lyon County, Nevada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Hertford County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Henry County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Hopkins County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood in western Fort Worth, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in the town of Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A suburb of Sydney in Sutherland Shire, New South Wales.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A rural locality in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A suburb of Perth in the City of South Perth, Western Australia.
Lebanese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛ.bəˈniːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Etymology: From Lebanon + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: Bekdache next names as problems the lollar/dollar and Lebanese pound currency conundrum and the issue of having to settle claims in the same currency and same category (cash or check) in which a policy premium had been paid;
ref: 2021 April 9, Thomas Schellen, “Lost in the fog”, in Executive:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon or the Lebanese people.
Derived terms: Lebanese loop
Lebaneseness
Lebanese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛ.bəˈniːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Lebanese
Etymology: From Lebanon + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: The Hariri-Aoun agreement has shown that Hezbollah can bring the national political system to a halt. This happened in the past several years, and it worsened conditions in sectors such as foreign debt, electricity output, rubbish collection, water delivery, and other essential services, to the discomfort of the majority of Lebanese who have spoken out intermittently against the oligarchy of sectarian leaders who rule the country.
ref: 2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in Aljazeera:
synonyms: Leb
Lebo
glosses: A person from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent.
Cosenza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cosenzas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Cosenza.
Senses: glosses: A city and province of Calabria, Italy.
glosses: A habitational surname from Italian.
Cremona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -əʊnə
Etymology: From Italian Cremona, from Latin Cremōna.
Senses: glosses: Province of Lombardy, Italy.
glosses: City and capital of Cremona.
glosses: A village in Alberta, Canada.
Cremona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊnə
Forms: form: Cremonas
Etymology: From Italian Cremona, from Latin Cremōna.
Senses: glosses: A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona in Italy.
Related terms: Cremona group
Cremona transformation
Jamaican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jə-mā'kən
ipa: /d͡ʒəˈmeɪkən/
rhymes: -eɪkən
Forms: form: Jamaicans
Etymology: From Jamaica + -an.
Senses: examples: text: For many of the just over 1 million Americans who emigrated from Jamaica or are of Jamaican ancestry, like myself, the fact that Harris’ heritage is widely being discussed helps to diversify how Jamaicans are seen, by showing us in the political and academic realm.
ref: 2020 August 18, Richard Reddick, “The part of Kamala Harris’ story that fills Jamaicans with pride”, in CNN:
glosses: A person from Jamaica or of Jamaican descent.
glosses: The Jamaican creole language.
glosses: Jamaican English.
Synonyms: sense: creole language
word: Jamaican Creole
sense: creole language
word: Jamaican Patois
sense: creole language
word: Patois
sense: creole language
word: patois
sense: creole language
word: Patwa
Hypernyms: word: person of Jamaican descent
sense: creole language
word: creole
sense: creole language
english: Creole language
translation: Creole language
word: creole language
word: English
Derived terms: Jafaican
Jamerican
Jamaican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: jə-mā'kən
ipa: /d͡ʒəˈmeɪkən/
rhymes: -eɪkən
Etymology: From Jamaica + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Thomas says his only option now is to apply for Jamaican citizenship through his late father. But he does not plan to, since “my life, my kids, my family is back in the States,” he said.
ref: 2025 July 8, Zoe Sottile, “He was born to a US citizen soldier on an army base in Germany. Now he’s been deported to Jamaica, a country he’d never been to”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2025:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Jamaica, the Jamaican people or the Jamaican language.
Derived terms: word: Jamaican apple
word: Jamaican blind snake
word: Jamaican dollar
word: Jamaicanization
word: Jamaicanize
word: Jamaicanness
word: Jamaican patty
taxonomic: Spindalis nigricephala
word: Jamaican spindalis
word: Jamaican time
word: Jamaican vomiting sickness
Crotone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Crotone. Doublet of Croton.
Senses: synonyms: Croton
glosses: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Crotone, Calabria, Italy.
glosses: A province of Calabria, Italy.
Guatemalan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Guatemalans
Etymology: From Guatemala + -an.
Senses: examples: text: The Guatemalans offered United Fruit $627,572 (about $2.99 an acre) in compensation, a figure that came from the company's own tax value assessment for the land.
ref: 2011, Daniel C. Walsh, An Air War with Cuba: The United States Radio Campaign Against Castro, →ISBN:
text: Guatemala has pledged a 40% increase in deportation flights carrying Guatemalans and migrants of other nationalities from the United States, President Bernardo Arévalo announced Wednesday during a press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
ref: 2025 February 5, Michael Rios, “Guatemala to increase deportation flights from US carrying migrants from other countries”, in CNN:
text: MAGA Republicans are calling for Democratic Representative Delia Ramirez to be deported after she said, "I'm a proud Guatemalan before I'm an American."
ref: 2025 August 5, Alia Shoaib, quoting Delia Ramirez, “MAGA Calls for Democratic Rep To Be Deported Over Guatemala Comments”, in Newsweek:
glosses: A person from Guatemala or of Guatemalan descent.
Guatemalan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Guatemala + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Guatemalan snowpea production has continually been harmed by insect and disease infestations.
ref: 2007, George W. Norton, E. A. Heinrichs, Gregory C. Luther, Globalizing Integrated Pest Management: A Participatory Research Process, page 87:
text: Ramirez, who has represented Illinois in Congress since 2023, is the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants.
ref: 2025 August 5, Alia Shoaib, “MAGA Calls for Democratic Rep To Be Deported Over Guatemala Comments”, in Newsweek:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Guatemala or the Guatemalan people.
Derived terms: Guatemalan fir
Guatemalanness
Guatemalan rhubarb
Enna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Enna.
Senses: glosses: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Enna, Sicily, Italy.
examples: text: […] she that was rapt by the Dark God from the flowering fields of Enna, to be Queen for ever among the dead that be departed.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: A province of Sicily, Italy.
Ferrara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ferraras
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ferrara.
Senses: examples: text: Perry […] returned upon his disarmed foe, and brandishing his Ferrara, threatened to make him shorter by the head, if he would not immediately crave quarter, and yield.
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: An Andrea Ferrara sword; (generally) a broadsword.
Ferrara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ferrara.
Senses: glosses: A province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
glosses: City, archbishopric and capital of Ferrara.
examples: text: As a result, men turn to the women in their lives to fulfill their emotional needs. Ferrara and her coauthor are not the first to suggest that women bear the burden of mankeeping (although they did coin the term).
ref: 2024 October 23, Kim Elsesser, “Mankeeping: How Shrinking Male Social Networks May Burden Women”, in Forbes:
glosses: A surname from Italian.
East Timorese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːst tɪ.məɹ.iːz/
Etymology: From East Timor + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to East Timor or the East Timorese people.
East Timorese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːst tɪ.məɹ.iːz/
Forms: form: East Timorese
Etymology: From East Timor + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: According to press reports, on 1 January 1995, an ethnic riot took place at Baucau following an alleged killing of an East Timorese by an Indonesian immigrant. Some 200 youths reportedly burned a market, shops and houses[…]
ref: 1997, Heike Krieger, Dietrich Rauschning, East Timor and the International Community: Basic Documents, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 216:
glosses: A person from East Timor or of East Timorese descent.
Foggia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Foggia.
Senses: glosses: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Foggia, Apulia, Italy.
glosses: A province of Apulia, Italy.
Forli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Forlì: a city and comune, the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Djiboutian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Djiboutians
Etymology: From Djibouti + -an.
Senses: examples: text: “The worst-case scenario if it happened, if the Chinese did take over that port – and, again, we have assurances from the Djiboutians they won’t – but if they did, I mean, down the way that that restricts our access, that restricts the Navy’s ability to get in there and just simply offload supplies and the like,” he said.
ref: 2018 April 8, Ryan Browne, “US military resumes air operations in Djibouti”, in CNN:
glosses: A person from Djibouti or of Djiboutian descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
Horner
Horn African
African
Djiboutian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Djibouti + -an.
Senses: examples: text: The US officials added that that the situation has angered Djiboutian government officials, and that the US military in Djibouti has messaged back to Washington “significant concerns” over keeping the detainees there and the possible impact on military relations.
ref: 2025 May 22, Haley Britzky, Priscilla Alvarez and Natasha Bertrand, “Deported migrant detainees are holding at a US Naval base in Djibouti amid court fight, officials say”, in CNN:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Djibouti or its people or culture.
Frosinone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Frosinone, Lazio, Italy.
glosses: A province of Lazio, Italy.
Gabonese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡæ.bəˈniːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Gabonese
Etymology: From Gabon + -ese.
Senses: glosses: A person from Gabon or of Gabonese descent.
Hypernyms: sub-Saharan
African
Gabonese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡæ.bəˈniːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Etymology: From Gabon + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Gabon or the Gabonese people
Gorizia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, formally known as a regional decentralization entity.
glosses: A town and comune, the capital of Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
glosses: A statistical region of Slovenia.
Related terms: Nova Gorica
Grosseto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Tuscany, Italy.
glosses: A city, the capital of Grosseto province, Tuscany.
Imperia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and associated province on the coast of Liguria, Italy.
element
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕl'ĭmənt
ipa: /ˈɛlɪmənt/
ipa: /ˈɛləmənt/
Forms: form: elements
form: elementing
form: elemented
form: elemented
Etymology: From Middle English element, from Old French element, from Latin elementum (“a first principle, element, rudiment”) (see further etymology there).
The verb is from Middle English elementen, from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: Dull ſublunary lovers love / (VVhoſe ſoule is ſenſe) cannot admit / Abſence, becauſe it doth remove / Thoſe things vvhich elemented it.
ref: 1611 or 1612 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC, page 194:
text: elemented bodies
ref: 1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC:
text: [W]hen he ſays, he has compaſſion on’em, they ſhould ask, where then are his Bowels! […] Alaſs! fond Creature, thou art Elemented and Organ’d for other Apprehenſions […]
ref: 1681, Tho[mas] Maunyngham, Two Discourses, London: Will[iam] Cademan, page 89:
glosses: To compound (something) out of elements.
examples: text: His very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness.
ref: 1658, Izaak Walton, Life of Donne:
glosses: To constitute and be the elements of (something).
Related terms: transelement
Isernia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Isernia.
Senses: glosses: A province of Molise, Italy.
glosses: A town, the capital of Isernia.
L'Aquila
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The capital city and province of Abruzzo, Italy.
La Spezia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /la ˈspɛtsɪ.ə/
ipa: /lɑ ˈspɛtsi.ə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian La Spezia, from Latin Spedia.
Senses: glosses: A province of Liguria, Italy.
glosses: A city, the capital of La Spezia, Italy; a major industrial port in northwestern Italy.
Latina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈtiːnə/
ipa: /ləˈtinə/
ipa: /læ-/
ipa: /lɑː/
rhymes: -iːnə
Forms: form: Latinas
Etymology: From Spanish latina; see Latino for more.
Senses: glosses: A Latin American woman. (Compare Latino.)
Derived terms: Afro-Latina
trans-Latina
Latina
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈtiːnə/
ipa: /ləˈtinə/
ipa: /læ-/
ipa: /lɑː/
rhymes: -iːnə
Etymology: From Spanish latina; see Latino for more.
Senses: glosses: Of Latin American descent and female.
Derived terms: Afro-Latina
Related terms: word: Latino
word: Latine
english: which see for more
translation: which see for more
word: Latinx and Latin@
Latina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈtiːnə/
ipa: /ləˈtinə/
ipa: /læ-/
ipa: /lɑː/
rhymes: -iːnə
Etymology: From Italian Latina.
Senses: glosses: A province of Lazio, Italy.
glosses: A town, the provincial capital of Latina, Lazio, Italy.
Lecce
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛtʃeɪ/
Senses: glosses: A city and province of Apulia, Italy.
Lecco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Lecco.
Senses: glosses: A province of the Lombardy region, Italy.
glosses: A city and comune, the capital of the province of Lecco, Lombardy region, Italy.
Livorno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪˈvɔːnəʊ/
ipa: /ləˈvɔɹnoʊ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nəʊ
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Livorno, from Old Italian Legorno, from Latin Liburnus, from Liburnī, name of the ancient population of Liburnians. Doublet of Leghorn.
Senses: glosses: A province of Tuscany, Italy.
synonyms: word: Leghorn
glosses: A city, the capital of Livorno, Italy; a port on the Ligurian Sea.
Derived terms: Livornian
Related terms: Labronic
Lodi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈloʊdi/
ipa: /ˈloʊdaɪ/
rhymes: -əʊdi
Etymology: From Italian Lodi.
Senses: glosses: A province of Lombardy, Italy.
glosses: A town, the capital of Lodi province, Lombardy.
glosses: A city in San Joaquin County, in central California, United States.
glosses: A borough of Bergen County, New Jersey.
glosses: A village in Medina County, Ohio.
glosses: A city and town in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
Grenadian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡɹəˈneɪdi.ən/
Forms: form: Grenadians
Etymology: From Grenada + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A person from Grenada or of Grenadian descent.
Grenadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɡɹəˈneɪdi.ən/
Etymology: From Grenada + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: We agreed that the operation would have to be mounted under conditions of the strictest secrecy, so that the Grenadian forces and Cubans on Grenada would not have time to bring in reinforcements or to make a run for the American students at St. George's University Medical School.
ref: 1990, Ronald Reagan, An American Life, Pocket Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 450:
text: They invited him to Grenadian feasts in their house near the Oval.
ref: 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 225:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Grenada, the Grenadian people or the Grenadian language.
Lucca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Lucca.
Senses: glosses: A province of Tuscany, Italy.
glosses: The capital city of the province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.
Related terms: Hugh of Lucca - Father of Theodoric of Lucca
Luccanese
Lucchese
Guamanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡwɑːˈmeɪni.ən/
/ɡwɑːˈmeɪnjən/
Forms: form: Guamanians
Senses: glosses: An indigenous (Chamorro) inhabitant of Guam, or someone of Guamanian descent.
glosses: A resident of Guam (of any ethnic background).
Hypernyms: American
Guamanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɡwɑːˈmeɪni.ən/
/ɡwɑːˈmeɪnjən/
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Guam, the Guamanian people or the Guamanian (Chamorro) language.
Guyanese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡaɪəˈniːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Guyanese
Etymology: From Guyana + -ese.
Senses: glosses: A person from Guyana or of Guyanese descent.
glosses: Guyanese Creole
Guyanese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡaɪəˈniːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Etymology: From Guyana + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Guyana, the Guyanese people or the Guyanese language.
Derived terms: Afro-Guyanese
Guyaneseness
Iraqi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹɑːki/
ipa: /ɪˈɹæki/
Forms: form: Iraqis
Etymology: From Arabic عِرَاقِيّ (ʕirāqiyy, “Iraqi”), equivalent to Iraq + -i.
Senses: examples: text: The order, which effectively halts the display of the flag virtually anywhere in Iraq, except the United States Embassy, said that flying the flag on buildings in Iraq would only reenforce the anti-American message that the military was "here to oppress the Iraqis."
ref: 2003 April 10, Bernard Weinraub, “Army Seeks to Present Troops as 'Liberators'”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2025:
text: They had to choose between properly equipping the Iraqis and risk seeing arms fall into the hands of insurgents or providing inferior weapons that would make it harder to fight them.
ref: 2007 August 9, “M-16s a step forward for Iraqi forces, says US”, in Reuters:
glosses: A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent.
Iraqi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹɑːki/
ipa: /ɪˈɹæki/
Etymology: From Arabic عِرَاقِيّ (ʕirāqiyy, “Iraqi”), equivalent to Iraq + -i.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Persian Iraq.
examples: text: Under an urgent need to arm Iraqi forces, weapons had been supplied by coalition members and Iraqi procurements, and captured weapons had also been used, Dempsey said.
ref: 2007 August 9, “M-16s a step forward for Iraqi forces, says US”, in Reuters:
text: The United States and other allied forces have helped Iraqi forces carry out more than 250 counterterrorism missions since last October, according to a senior U.S. military official.
ref: 2024 September 3, Eric Schmitt, “U.S. and Iraqi Commandos Targeted ISIS in Sprawling Operation”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2024:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Iraq, or the Iraqi people.
Derived terms: Iraqiness
Iranian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹeɪni.ən/
ipa: /aɪˈɹeɪni.ən/
ipa: /ɪˈɹɑːni.ən/
ipa: /iˈɹɑːni.ən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
rhymes: -ɑːniən
Forms: form: Iranians
Etymology: From Iran + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: In a joint move with several U.S. agencies, the State Department announced that it was penalizing 10 Iranians, including the three men, along with two entities for “conducting malicious cyberacts, including ransomware activity,” according to a statement.
ref: 2022 September 14, Glenn Thrush, “U.S. Charges 3 Iranians in Broad Hacking Scheme”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022:
glosses: A person from Iran or of Iranian descent.
Derived terms: Beverly Hills Iranian
Related terms: Persian
Iranian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹeɪni.ən/
ipa: /aɪˈɹeɪni.ən/
ipa: /ɪˈɹɑːni.ən/
ipa: /iˈɹɑːni.ən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
rhymes: -ɑːniən
Etymology: From Iran + -ian.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: Iranic
glosses: Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.
examples: text: Peugeot, one of France’s premier car companies, confirmed last week that it was well along in discussions with a presanctions partner, the Iranian auto company Khodro, to build cars in Iran and transfer French technology.
ref: 2015 August 1, Alissa J. Rubin, “After Deal, Europeans Are Eager to Do Business in Iran”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020:
text: Intelligence gathered by the Mossad in Iran also gave Israel’s air force the ability to target senior Iranian commanders and scientists.
ref: 2025 June 13, Tamar Michaelis, Oren Liebermann and Jeremy Diamond, “Israel’s unprecedented attack shows Iran has become a ‘playground’ for the Mossad”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Jun 2025:
glosses: Of or related to Iran.
Derived terms: Indo-Iranian
Iranianise
Iranianize
Iranian wolf
Iranian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹeɪni.ən/
ipa: /aɪˈɹeɪni.ən/
ipa: /ɪˈɹɑːni.ən/
ipa: /iˈɹɑːni.ən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
rhymes: -ɑːniən
Etymology: From Iran + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Persian (the language).
Mongolian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒŋˈɡoʊliən/
Forms: form: more Mongolian
form: most Mongolian
form: mongolian
Etymology: Originally from Mongol + -ian, a translation (1706) of the German mongolisch, mongalisch. Subsequently, from the name of the country of Mongolia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: He had a Sister, which according to the Mongalian custom lived in the devoted spiritual state.
ref: 1706, Evert Ysbants Ides, Three years travels from Moscow over-land to China
text: The Mongolian characters...are written perpendicularly from above downward.
ref: 1878, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9th edition, volume XVI:
text: He usually had a heavy growth of dark stubble that made him look...rather like a Mongolian bandit.
ref: 1985, Robert Whelan, Robert Capa: A Biography:
glosses: Of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.
examples: text: The Mongolian variety inhabits eastern Asia, Finland, and Lapland in Europe, and includes the Esquimaux of North America.
ref: 1828, John Stark, Elements of natural history:
text: The white (or Caucasian), the yellow (or Mongolian), and the black (or Ethiopian)
ref: 1834, Penny cyclopædia of the Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge, volume II:
text: It was not so much their Mongolian features that impressed everyone...
ref: 1990, Louis de Bernières, The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts:
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Resembling or having some of the characteristic physical features of the mongoloid racial type.
examples: text: The Mongolian type of idiocy occurs in more than ten per cent. of the cases which are presented to me.
ref: 1866, John Langdon Haydon Down, Clinical lectures and reports by the medical and surgical staff of the London Hospital, volume II:
text: The condition known as trisomy 21 syndrome or mongolian idiocy (sometimes referred to as Down's syndrome) had long been an enigma.
ref: 1965, H. Eldon Sutton, An introduction to human genetics:
related: word: mongolian
glosses: Relating to or affected with Down syndrome.
Derived terms: Mongolian death worm
Mongolian gazelle
Mongolian gerbil
Mongolian lamb
Mongolian pheasant
Mongolian poplar
Mongolian spot
Mongolian wild ass
Mongolian wild horse