Uralian

American  

[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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Other Word Forms

• non-Uralian noun
• trans-Uralian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Uralian

First recorded in 1790–1800; Ural + -ian

Example Sentences

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

Ekaterineburg is the centre of the mining district of the Uralian mountains.

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

I had ascertained that the national beverage of Central Asia might be found there,—the genuine koumiss, or fermented milk of the mares of the Uralian steppes.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various

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

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