Inger (Noun)
Meaning
A member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Inger was forcibly relocated from her homeland along with many of her community in the 19th century.
- Historically, the Inger were Lutheran Christians and maintained close ties with Sweden and Finland.
- During the Winter War, many Ingrian families were forcibly evacuated to Finland by the Finnish army.
- The Inger spoke a dialect of Ingrian, a Finnic language closely related to Finnish and Estonian.
- After the Soviet Union was established, many Ingrian people, including the Inger, were deported to Siberia and Kazakhstan.