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Mongolian race   /mɑŋgˈoʊliən reɪs/   Listen
Mongolian race

noun
1.
An Asian race.  Synonyms: Mongoloid race, Yellow race.






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"Mongolian race" Quotes from Famous Books



... Norse language Noregr, or Nord-vegr, i.e., the North Way), according to archaeological explorations, appears to have been inhabited long before historical time. The antiquarians maintain that three populations have inhabited the North: a Mongolian race and a Celtic race, types of which are to be found in the Finns and the Laplanders in the far North, and, finally, a Caucasian race, which immigrated from the South and drove out the Celtic and Laplandic races, and from which the present inhabitants are descended. ...
— Norwegian Life • Ethlyn T. Clough

... of the human race over the earth, one of the first great centres of culture was found in Thibet, in Asia. Here is supposed to be the origin of the Mongolian peoples, and the Chinese represent one of the chief branches of the Mongolian race. At a very early period they developed an advanced stage of civilization with many commendable features. Their art, the form of pottery and porcelain, their traditional codes of law, were influential in the Far ...
— History of Human Society • Frank W. Blackmar



Words linked to "Mongolian race" :   Mongoloid race, oriental, race, oriental person



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