Mongolian

The term Mongolian can refer to:

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• a person, place or item from Mongolia
• a member of the Mongolian people, known as the Mongols
• the Mongolian language or the Mongolian alphabet
• (historical) the race native to East Asia (later also Mongoloid)

Also, the terms "mongoloid" and "mongolism" were once used to describe, respectively, individuals with Down's syndrome and the syndrome itself. There terms are nowadays generally considered pejorative and inappropriate.

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Mongolism: REDIRECT Down syndrome...

Down's syndrome: REDIRECT Down syndrome...

Pejorative: A word or phrase is a pejorative (occasionally misspelled perjorative) if it expresses contempt or disapproval. The adjective pejorative is synonymous with derogatory and dyslogistic (noun: dyslogism) (antonyms: meliorative, eulogistic, noun eulogism). Dyslogisms such as "pea-brain" and "bottom-feed...

Mongolian related Images and Photos (experimental)

Mongolian Tartar on the Chinese Frontier	A Mongolian Eagle Hunter in Kazakhstan	A Mongolian Eagle Hunter in Kazahkstan	End of a Mongolian Hunt
Mongolian Eight Flags Soldiers from Ching's Military Forces engraved by A. Rancati