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Ingria

Ingria proper noun: a region to the south of Karelia in what is now Russia.

Proper noun

Ingria

  1. A region to the south of Karelia in what is now Russia.

Origin of Ingria

From New Latin, from Old Swedish Ingermanland. The name could be related to Inger, Inkere (possibly related to Eastern Mari эҥер (eŋer, “river”), names for the Izhora river, a tributary of the Neva, itself named after the Finnic people, the Izhorians. Or, named after Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, a Swedish princess and Grand princess of Kiev (though this has been dismissed as folk etymology); for the name see Ingegerd.

Words formed from Ingria

Questions about Ingria

What does Ingria mean?
Ingria means a region to the south of Karelia in what is now Russia.
What part of speech is Ingria?
Ingria is a proper noun.

Words near Ingria in the dictionary

  1. ingressive
  2. ingressively
  3. ingressiveness
  4. ingressives
  5. ingrew
  6. Ingria
  7. Ingrian
  8. Ingrians
  9. Ingrid
  10. ingroove
  11. ingrooved

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