Mordvin

(ˈmɔːdvɪn)

npl -vin or -vins

1. (Peoples) a member of a Finnish people of the middle Volga region, living chiefly in the Mordvinian Republic

2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Finno-Ugric family

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Noun	1.	Mordvin - a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia Mordva, Mordvinian Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia, Russia - formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia Russian - a native or inhabitant of Russia
	2.	Mordvin - the Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians Mordva, Mordvinian Volgaic - a group of Finnic languages spoken around the Volga river

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