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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of or relating to Nepal or its people, language, or culture.
  • noun A native or inhabitant of Nepal.
  • noun A person of Nepali ancestry.
  • noun The Indic language of Nepal, closely related to Hindi.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective same as Nepalese.

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  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Nepal, the Nepali people or the Nepali language.
  • noun A person from Nepal or of Nepali descent.
  • proper noun An Indo-Aryan language used primarily by the people of Nepal.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its people or language or culture
  • noun a native or inhabitant of Nepal
  • noun the official state language of Nepal

Etymologies

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Nepal +‎ -i.

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