Mongols

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mongols \Mon"gols\, Mongolians \Mon*go"li*ans\, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
     One of the great races of man, including the greater part of
     the inhabitants of China, Japan, and the interior of Asia,
     with branches in Northern Europe and other parts of the
     world. By some American Indians are considered a branch of
     the Mongols. In a more restricted sense, the inhabitants of


     Mongolia and adjacent countries, including the Burats and the
     Kalmuks.
     [1913 Webster] Mongoose