Buryat
adjective
of or relating to the Republic of Buryatia, its people, or their language.
Buryats
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pluralof Buryat.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Buryats are a Mongol ethnic group who traditionally follow Buddhist and shamanic beliefs.
From New York Times ● Dec. 25, 2022
"We are one family with Buryats, Chechens and other representatives of our multinational and multi-confessional country," Ms Zakharova later wrote on Telegram.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2022
“We’re going to stay here for a long time,” the Buryats told my aunt.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2022
One third of the roughly 1 million people of Buryatia, which shares a border with Mongolia, are ethnic Buryats and mostly of the Buddhist faith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
Indeed the very word Shaman is of Tungus origin, though current also amongst the Buryats and Yakuts.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
