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VEPSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vepse mean?
• VEPSE (noun)
The noun VEPSE has 2 senses:
1. a member of a Finnish people of Russia
2. a Finnic language spoken by the Veps
Familiarity information: VEPSE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of a Finnish people of Russia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("Vepse" is a kind of...):
Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)
Holonyms ("Vepse" 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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Finnic language spoken by the Veps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("Vepse" is a kind of...):
Baltic-Finnic (a group of Finnic languages including Finnish and Estonian)
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