Ugrian

[ oo-gree-uhn, yoo- ]

adjective

1. denoting or pertaining to an ethnological group including the Magyars and related peoples of western Siberia.

noun

1. a member of any of the Ugrian peoples.
2. Ugric.

Ugrian

/ ˈjuː-; ˈuːɡrɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to a light-haired subdivision of the Turanian people, who include the Samoyeds, Voguls, Ostyaks, and Magyars

noun

1. a member of this group of peoples
2. another word for Ugric

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ugrian¹

C19: from Old Russian Ugre Hungarians

Example Sentences

The Ugrians had come in more ancient times from the high lands of the Altai Mountains.

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The same movement tended to drive the Eastern Finns and Ugrians backwards towards the east.

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Both of these come from the Ugrian stock of Agglutinative languages, and therefore they always stick to the roots of the word and make grammatical changes by suffixes.

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The Slavonic type is far less pronounced than among the kindred races; the Ugrian or Finnish cast of features occasionally asserts itself in the central Balkans.

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But before the Ugrian races vanish they had learnt to use bronze, which shows them to have discovered the properties not only of gold, but of both tin and copper.

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