Ugrian

American  

[oo-gree-uhn, yoo-] / ˈu gri ən, ˈyu- /

adjective

1. denoting or pertaining to an ethnological group including the Magyars and related peoples of western Siberia.

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noun

1. a member of any of the Ugrian peoples.

2. Ugric.

Ugrian British  

/ ˈjuː-, ˈuːɡrɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to a light-haired subdivision of the Turanian people, who include the Samoyeds, Voguls, Ostyaks, and Magyars

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noun

1. a member of this group of peoples

2. another word for Ugric

Etymology

Origin of Ugrian

C19: from Old Russian Ugre Hungarians

Example Sentences

Both of these come from the Ugrian stock of Agglutinative languages, and therefore they always stick to the roots of the word and make grammatical changes by suffixes.

From Through Finland in Carts by Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel)

The Ugrian languages appear to have separated from the Finnish branch before the systems of declension or conjugation were developed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

It retains an objective conjugation like the Ugrian languages, and has developed two forms of declension, the definite and indefinite.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

But before the Ugrian races vanish they had learnt to use bronze, which shows them to have discovered the properties not only of gold, but of both tin and copper.

From Early Britain—Roman Britain by Conybeare, Edward

Not a trace of the Ugrian or Finnish element is to be found in the Bulgarian speech.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various