Ugrian

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U·gri·an

U0004400 (o͞o′grē-ən, yo͞o′-)n.1. A member of a group of Finno-Ugric peoples of western Siberia and Hungary, including the Magyars.2. Ugric.

[From Old Russian Ugre, Hungarians, of Turkic origin.]

U′gri·an adj.

Ugrian

(ˈuːɡrɪən; ˈjuː-) adj (Peoples) of or relating to a light-haired subdivision of the Turanian people, who include the Samoyeds, Voguls, Ostyaks, and Magyarsn1. (Peoples) a member of this group of peoples2. (Languages) another word for Ugric[C19: from Old Russian Ugre Hungarians]

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Ugrian - one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern SiberiaUgricFinno-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)Hungarian, Magyar - the official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania); belongs to the Ugric family of languagesKhanty, Ostyak - a Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the OstyakMansi, Vogul - the Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Vogul

Ugrian

(yo͞o`grēən, o͞o`–) or

Ugric

(yo͞o`grĭk, o͞o`–), subgroup of the Finno-Ugric group of languages, which is, in turn, a subdivision of the Uralic subfamily of the Ural-Altaic family of languages. See Finno-Ugric languagesFinno-Ugric languages
, also called Finno-Ugrian languages, group of languages forming a subdivision of the Uralic subfamily of the Ural-Altaic family of languages (see Uralic and Altaic languages).
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, two groups of related languages thought by many scholars to form a single Ural-Altaic linguistic family. However, other authorities hold that the Uralic and Altaic groups constitute two unconnected and separate language families.
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noun one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages

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