Kal|muk

Kal|muk
Kal|muck or Kal|muk «KAL muhk», noun.
1. a member of a group of Mongol tribes living in western China and the southeastern region of the former Soviet Union. Many of the Kalmucks are Buddhists. »

Newspaper stories often identify the Kalmuks as descendants of Genghis Khan's Golden Horde (Harper's).

2. their Mongolian language.
[< Russian kalmyk < a Tartar word]

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