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CHEREMISS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis
Synonyms:
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:
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)