“Finno”

The following 4 entries include the term Finno.

Finno-Ugrian

adjective

: finno-ugric

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Finno-Ugric

adjective

: of, relating to, or constituting a subfamily of the Uralic family of languages comprising various languages spoken in Hungary, Lapland, Finland, Estonia, and parts of western Russia

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Finno-Ugric languages

plural noun

: a subfamily of the Uralic family of languages comprising various languages spoken in Hungary, Lapland, Finland, Estonia, and in Russia north and east of the Volga as far as the Ob river in Siberia

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Finno-Ugrist

noun

: a specialist in the Finno-Ugric languages

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