What does "finno-ugric" mean?

a family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions)

What is a synonym for "finno-ugric"?

Common synonyms include: finno-ugrian.

Finno-ugric

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Definitions

Noun

1
a family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions) wordnet

Adjective

1
Of or relating to Finno-Ugric languages. not-comparable

Proper Noun

1
A group of languages that, together with Samoyedic, make up the Uralic family, and are spoken in a broad swath from Siberia to Norway.
2
The Uralic languages as a whole.

Synonyms

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finno-ugrian

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"What's your native language? Mari? I lately discovered this language after reading the article about the Finno-Ugric languages on Wikipedia. These languages have a very interesting history."

Etymology

From Finno- + Ugric.

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