Kalmuck

or Kal·muk

[ kal-muhk, kal-muhk ]

/ ˈkæl mʌk, kælˈmʌk /

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noun

a member of any of a group of Buddhistic Mongol tribes of a region extending from western China to the valley of the lower Volga River.

a Mongolian language used by the part of the Kalmuck people that was formerly powerful in northwest China, specifically in Dzungaria, and now live northwest of the Caspian Sea.

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Words nearby Kalmuck

Kallikak, Kallithéa, Kalmar, Kalmar Sound, kalmia, Kalmuck, Kalmykia, Kalmyk Republic, kalon, kalong, kalpa

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How to use Kalmuck in a sentence

One need be a Kalmuck, says Madame de Hell, to be capable of enduring the trot of a camel.
The Desert World|Arthur Mangin
The Kalmuck priest wears a leather coat, over the laps of which impend hundreds of strips, with leather tassels on the breast.
Some Heroes of Travel|W. H. Davenport Adams
His head looked very much like that of a Kalmuck woman, and he had a gentle, agreeable, and kindly nature.
An Autobiography|Igor Stravinsky
The features of the Mongolian-Kalmuck type here and there approach the Caucasian race.
Sketches of Central Asia (1868)|Arminius Vmbry

I took my box of medicines and my groaning, cursing, wounded Kalmuck to interpret for me.
Beasts, Men and Gods|Ferdinand Ossendowski

British Dictionary definitions for Kalmuck

Kalmuck

Kalmyk (ˈkælmɪk)

/ (ˈkælmʌk) /

noun

plural -mucks, -muck, -myks or -myk a member of a Mongoloid people of Buddhist tradition, who migrated from W China in the 17th century

the language of this people, belonging to the Mongolic branch of the Altaic family

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