Ugrian

[ oo-gree-uhn, yoo- ]

adjective

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

noun

1. a member of any of the Ugrian peoples.
2. Ugric.

Ugrian

/ ˈjuː-; ˈuːɡrɪən /

adjective

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

noun

1. a member of this group of peoples
2. another word for Ugric

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ugrian¹

C19: from Old Russian Ugre Hungarians

Example Sentences

We must expect to find things just a little more Ugrian than aught else.

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If this were not the case, then was the name native, and the Roxolani were Ugrian.

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The inferences from all this are enormous extension and subsequent displacement of the Ugrian family.

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The eastern part of Minsk, on the strength of the word Narym is considered to have been Ugrian.

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North and east of Tambov the original Ugrian population is no longer a matter of inference.

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