Ugrian

[ oo-gree-uhn, yoo- ]

/ ˈu gri ən, ˈyu- /

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adjective

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

noun

a member of any of the Ugrian peoples.

Ugric.

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Words nearby Ugrian

ugly, Ugly American, ugly as sin, ugly customer, ugly duckling, Ugrian, Ugric, ugsome, uh, Uhde, UHF

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How to use Ugrian in a sentence

We must expect to find things just a little more Ugrian than aught else.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham
If this were not the case, then was the name native, and the Roxolani were Ugrian.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham
The inferences from all this are enormous extension and subsequent displacement of the Ugrian family.
The Ethnology of Europe|Robert Gordon Latham
The eastern part of Minsk, on the strength of the word Narym is considered to have been Ugrian.
The Ethnology of Europe|Robert Gordon Latham

North and east of Tambov the original Ugrian population is no longer a matter of inference.
The Ethnology of Europe|Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for Ugrian

Ugrian

/ (ˈuːɡrɪən, ˈjuː-) /

adjective

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

noun

a member of this group of peoples

another word for Ugric

Word Origin for Ugrian

C19: from Old Russian Ugre Hungarians

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