VEPSIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vepsian mean? 

• VEPSIAN (noun)
  The noun VEPSIAN has 2 senses:

1. a member of a Finnish people of Russia

2. a Finnic language spoken by the Veps

  Familiarity information: VEPSIAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VEPSIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a Finnish people of Russia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Veps; Vepse; Vepsian

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

Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)

Holonyms ("Vepsian" 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:

Veps; Vepse; Vepsian

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

Baltic-Finnic (a group of Finnic languages including Finnish and Estonian)