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).

Exact synonyms: Finno-ugric
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

Finnicising
Finnicization
Finnicize
Finnicized
Finnicizes
Finnicizing
Finnish
Finnish-Canadian
Finnish Sign Language
Finnish capital
Finnish forest reindeer
Finnish horse
Finnish monetary unit
Finnishness
Finno-
Finno-Ugrian
Finno-Ugric
Finno-Ugric-speaking
Finnophone
Finnophones
Finns
Fintushel-Stern knot
Fiona
Fionn mac Cumhail
Fiordland penguin
Fiordland penguins
Fipa
Firangi
Firenze
Firestone

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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