NEPALESE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Nepalese mean?
• NEPALESE (noun)
The noun NEPALESE has 1 sense:
1. a native or inhabitant of Nepal
Familiarity information: NEPALESE used as a noun is very rare.
• NEPALESE (adjective)
The adjective NEPALESE has 1 sense:
1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture
Familiarity information: NEPALESE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NEPALESE (noun)
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Nepal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Nepalese; Nepali
Hypernyms ("Nepalese" is a kind of...):
Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Nepalese"):
Gurkha (a member of Hindu people descended from Brahmins and Rajputs who live in Nepal)
Holonyms ("Nepalese" is a member of...):
Kingdom of Nepal; Nepal (a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China)
• NEPALESE (adjective)
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
Nepalese; Nepali
Context examples:
Nepalese troops massed at the border / Nepali mountains are among the highest in the world / the different Nepali words for 'rice'
Pertainym:
Nepal (a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China)
