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MORDVIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians
Synonyms:
Mordva; Mordvin; Mordvinian
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Mordvin" is a kind of...):
Volgaic (a group of Finnic languages spoken around the Volga river)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia
Synonyms:
Mordva; Mordvin; Mordvinian
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Mordvin" is a kind of...):
Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)
Holonyms ("Mordvin" 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)