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CHEREMISS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis

Synonyms:

Cheremis; Cheremiss; Mari

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Cheremiss" is a kind of...):

Volgaic (a group of Finnic languages spoken around the Volga river)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia

Synonyms:

Cheremis; Cheremiss; Mari

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Cheremiss" is a kind of...):

Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)

Holonyms ("Cheremiss" is a member of...):

Russia; Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic; Soviet Russia (formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia)

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