Cheremis (Noun)
Meaning 1
The Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Cheremis villagers relied heavily on fishing and hunting to make a living in the remote forests of eastern Russia.
- A group of Cheremis people welcomed the travelers into their village and offered them food and shelter for the night.
- The government struggled to provide adequate healthcare to the isolated Cheremis communities scattered across the region.
- As an anthropologist, she spent years studying the traditional customs and way of life of the Cheremis people.
- To communicate with the elderly Cheremis man, the traveler had to learn a few basic phrases in the Mari language.