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Uralian

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[yoo-rey-lee-uhn, -reyl-yuhn] / yʊˈreɪ li ən, -ˈreɪl yən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Ural Mountains or their inhabitants.

  2. Uralic.


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Etymology

Origin of Uralian

First recorded in 1790–1800; Ural + -ian

Example Sentences

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Sir George Simpson even speaks of the future probability of their rivalling in point of wealth the Altai chain, and the Uralian mountains.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various

In 1854 Dr. Fitzinger published a learned memoir on the skulls of the Avars, a branch of the Uralian race of Turks.

From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Donnelly, Ignatius

Breakfast, a bath, and a change of clothes prepared me for the sights of this Uralian city.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace

Shortly after leaving the latter town, which is the centre of the Uralian iron industry, the train passes that pathetic "Monument of Tears," which marks the boundary between Europe and Asia.

From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther

Near Mursinsk, in the Uralian district, granite is of a drusous character, and here the pores, like the fissures and cavities of recent volcanic products, inclose many kinds of magnificent crystals, especially beryls and topazes.

From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von

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