Vogul

American  

[voh-gool] / ˈvoʊ gʊl /

noun

1. Mansi.

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Vogul British  

/ ˈvəʊɡəl /

noun

1. a member of a people living in W Siberia and NE Europe

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family: related to Hungarian

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Etymology

Origin of Vogul

1770–80; < Russian vogúl < Khanty wojal', wojat' Mansi

Example Sentences

On Monday the website FisbowlNY reported that the opening paragraph of a New York Times article by Carol Vogul may have been plagiarised.

From BBC

Benfey, to be sure, laid stress on this point;* but it is easy to produce examples of skin-shifting and consequent metamorphosis from Roman, North American, Old Scandinavian, Thlinkeet, Slav and Vogul ritual and myths.**

From Project Gutenberg

Several thousands of the Ostiaks, Voguls and Cheremiss are still unbaptized, and much paganism lingers among the nominal Christians, and in poetry such as the Kalewala.

From Project Gutenberg

The Permic tribes were driven westward by their eastern neighbors, the Voguls, and thus pressed upon their western neighbors, the Bulgars of the Volga.

From Project Gutenberg

I told him the gist of Nossilov's story "The Theatre of the Voguls," and he evidently listened with great pleasure.

From Project Gutenberg