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Definition of Ingrian
1. Noun. A member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built.
Group relationships: Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia
Generic synonyms: Russian
2. Noun. A Finnic language spoken by the Ingrian.
Definition of Ingrian
1. Noun. A Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Izhorian people of Ingria ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingrian
Literary usage of Ingrian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1851)
"Two thicknesses of Ingrian carpet answer very well. A drugget spread upon an
Ingrian carpet yields a good supply of the fluid. The effect of the increased ..."
2. The History of Russia: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Kelly, Walter Keating (1854)
"... by conquering the Ingrian and Livonian ports, was almost realised; the Don
Cossacks were united with the empire; and the groundwork was laid for the ..."
3. The History of Russia from the Earliest Times to 1877 by Alfred Rambaud, Graeme Mercer Adam (1904)
"An Ingrian chief told Alexander how, in the eve of the combat, he had seen a
mysterious bark, manned by two warriors with shining brows, glide through the ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1829)
"Meanwhile, the grand idea of the reign of Peter the Great— that of opening to
Russia the commerce of Europe, by conquering the Ingrian and Livonian ports, ..."
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