Mongols
Meaning
Alt. of Mongolians
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
1970s After the success of "Dağlar Dağlar", Manço recorded a couple of singles with Moğollar (The Mongols), another influential Turkish Anatolian rock band.
After his strong-willed daughter Myroslava (Poppy Drayton) and Maksim survive a dangerous encounter together, Tugar Volk pledges to defend the villagers against the Mongols.
Among the Turks and Mongols, he was astonished at the freedom and respect enjoyed by women and remarked that on seeing a Turkish couple in a bazaar one might assume that the man was the woman's servant when he was in fact her husband.
After this it was mainly used as a phonetic gloss for Mongols learning Chinese characters.
Additionally, many Mongols speak either Russian or Mandarin Chinese as languages of inter-ethnic communication.
After the Battle of Köse Dağ in 1243, in which the Mongols defeated the Seljuks, most of Anatolia became part of the dominion of the Mongols.