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ingria

/ˈɪŋɡɹiə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-gria
IPA
/ˈɪŋɡɹiə/
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Etymology

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.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, Ingermanland

Derived Forms

Ingrian

Questions

How do you pronounce ingria?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪŋɡɹiə/.
What does ingria mean?
A region to the south of Karelia in what is now Russia.
Where does ingria come from?
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.

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