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Definition of Finno-Ugrian
1. Noun. A family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions).
Generic synonyms: Uralic, Uralic Language
Specialized synonyms: Fennic, Finnic, Non-ugric, Ugrian, Ugric
Definition of Finno-Ugrian
1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Finno-Ugric) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Finno-Ugrian
Literary usage of Finno-Ugrian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"In culture and habits they resemble the Finno-Ugrian tribes, and there seems to be
... Various other peoples have been referred to the Finno-Ugrian group, ..."
2. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"... a Finno-Ugrian dialect, the first person plural of the verb terminates in TO,
whilst the plural of the corresponding pronoun terminates in n. ..."
3. In Northern Mists: Arctic Exploration in Early Times by Fridtjof Nansen (1911)
"But it has not been possible to point either to linguistic or anthropological
traces of any early Finno-Ugrian people in any part of south Scandinavia, ..."
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