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Definition of Khanty

1. Noun. A member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals).

2. Noun. A Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak.

Definition of Khanty

1. Proper noun. a member of an ethnic group of people who live in Khantia-Mansia, Ostyak ¹

2. Proper noun. the Finno-Ugric language spoken by these people ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Khanty

Khakasia Khakasiya Khalka Khalkha Khalsa Khama Khammam Khamtanga Khamti Khan

Khandwa Khantia-Mansia Khanty Khanty-Mansiysk Khariboli Kharijite Kharijites Kharkiv Kharkov Kharput

Khartoum Khasi Khasis Khaskovo Khatri Khayr ad-Din Khazaria

Literary usage of Khanty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Russian Electricity Reform: Emerging Challenges And Opportunities by International Energy Agency (2005)
"Sub-regional Electricity Supply-demand Balances of the Urals Region The Tyumen oblast includes both the khanty Mansiisk and Yamalo-Nenets autonomous okrugs. ..."

2. Building the American Dream: Jobs, Innovation, & Growth in America's Next by Michael Kantor (1997)
"Sea-Land has million dollar contracts with local oil and gas companies and joint ventures in Nizhnevartovsk and the khanty- ..."

3. Whither Human Rights in Russia: Hearing Before the Commission on Security edited by Christopher H. Smith (1999)
"Mr. SMITH. . . . Which provinces would you say should be prioritized right now? Written Response Supplied by Mr. Uzzell. Karelia, khanty- ..."

4. Optimising Russian Natural Gas: Reform And Climate Policy by Isabel Murray, Alexandrina Platonova-Oquab, International Energy Agency (2006)
"... lighting points corresponding to cities such as Sverdlovsk, Tyumen, Surgut, Nizhnevartovsk, Nefteyugansk, khanty-Mansiysk, Norilsk and others can be ..."

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