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Tangut

Pronunciation: /ˈtaŋguːt/
Definition of Tangut

noun (plural same or Tanguts)

  • 1a member of a Tibetan people who established a kingdom in NW China and western Inner Mongolia from the late 10th to the mid 13th centuries.
  • 2 [mass noun] the extinct language of the Tangut.

adjective

  • relating to the Tangut or their language.

Origin:

apparently from Mongolian, from Chinese Dǎng Xiàng

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