Definitions
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- proper noun A
Finno-Ugric tribe which lived in the region around the modernMoscow and was later assimilated bySlavs . - proper noun The language spoken by them.
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Examples
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The 10th and 11th century chronicles named the Chiud, Merya, Ves and Pechera people as the main inhabitants.
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But Merya, and now Emien, had not been as fortunate.
Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989
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Taen saw that she and the child Merya were more alike than different.
Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989
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Warn Emien, Merya sent, but her breath stopped before the message was complete.
Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989
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Laughing, breathless, Merya skipped under the trees on the edge of summer twilight, enticed by the notes of a flute.
Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989
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