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Finno-Ugrian

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Fin·no-U·gric  (fn-grk, -y-) also Fin·no-U·gri·an (-gr-n)
n.
A subfamily of the Uralic language family that includes Finnish, Hungarian, and other languages of eastern Europe and northwest Russia.
adj.
1. Of or relating to the Finns and the Ugrians.
2. Of or relating to Finno-Ugric.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Finno-Ugrian - a family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions)
Uralic, Uralic language - a family of Ural-Altaic languages
Fennic, Finnic, Non-Ugric - one of two branches of the Finno-Ugric languages; a family of languages including Finnish and Estonian (but not Hungarian)
Ugrian, Ugric - one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia
Translations
Finno-Ugrian [ˈfɪnəʊˈuːgrɪən] Finno-Ugric [ˈfɪnəʊˈuːgrɪk]
A. ADJfino-húngaro
B. N (Ling) → fino-húngaro m


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The lady-bird is associated with the Finno-Ugrian god Ukko 'the Old Man', in Frisian with the elf Puken 'puck', in Southern Italy with the elf Monachello, in Rumanian with Paparuga and 'witch' and in Greek with the Moira.
1986, Finno-Ugrian Language Studies in Finland 1828-1918, Helsinki.
Overcoming her colleagues' fierce opposition, Marianne Bakro-Nagy successfully introduced a regulation which confronts students of Finno-Ugrian also with syntactic research in general linguistics.
 
 
 
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