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

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

Beyond the Uralian Mountains these winds are converted into cool land-winds, blowing over extended tracts covered with ice and show.

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

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

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

It has been found in other branches of the Aryan family of nations, in the Semitic, Uralian and Turanian families, among the tribes of Africa and Australia, and of the American aborigines.

From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.