samoyed

Noun

Meaning

Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz family

the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia

a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Samoyedic greyhound bulldog afghan dalmatian husky bloodhound collie griffon beagle foxhound dog hound mastiff pointer
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Hypernyms

russian spitz uralic uralic language

Hyponyms

Nenets Nganasan Selkup Yenisei Yeniseian Enets

Phrases with the word

yenisei-samoyed yurak-samoyed

Anagrams

someday

Examples

When the Samoyed languages were determined to be part of the family, it was thought at first that Finnic and Ugric (Finno-Ugric) were closer to each other than to the Samoyed branch of the family, but that now is frequently questioned. Source: Internet

Poppe 1965: 126 Finno-Ugric and Samoyed were eventually grouped in a separate family, known as Uralic (though doubts about its validity long persisted). Source: Internet

The Samoyed people may have settled down long ago, but the Samoyed dog breed continues to be spread out throughout the world. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Samothraki samoun samovar Samoyede Samoyedic Samoyedic-speaking