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UGRIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ugrian mean?
• UGRIAN (noun)
The noun UGRIAN has 1 sense:
1. one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia
Familiarity information: UGRIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Ugrian; Ugric
Hypernyms ("Ugrian" is a kind of...):
Finno-Ugrian; Finno-Ugric (a family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Ugrian"):
Hungarian; Magyar (the official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania); belongs to the Ugric family of languages)
Khanty; Ostyak (a Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak)
Mansi; Vogul (the Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Vogul)
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