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Vo⋅gul

[voh-gool]
–noun
Mansi.

Origin:
1770–80; < Russ vogúl < Khanty wojal', wojat' Mansi

Man⋅si

[mahn-see]
–noun, plural -sis, (especially collectively) -si for 1.
1. a member of a Uralic people now living in scattered settlements along western tributaries of the Ob River in Siberia, and known from historical records to have lived in northern European Russia.
2. the Ugric language of the Mansi, consisting of several highly divergent dialects.
Also called Vogul.
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Vo·gul   (vō'gōōl)   
n.   pl. Vogul or Vo·guls
  1. A member of a people inhabiting the region of the Ob River in western Siberia, closely related to the Ostyak.

  2. The Ugric language of this people.

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