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

The Ugrians had come in more ancient times from the high lands of the Altai Mountains.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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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.

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The Slavonic type is far less pronounced than among the kindred races; the Ugrian or Finnish cast of features occasionally asserts itself in the central Balkans.

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Neolithic Age—"Ugrians"—Polished flints—Jadite—Gold ornaments—Cromlechs—Forts—Bronze Age—Copper and tin—Stonehenge.

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