Ingria

See also: Íngria

English

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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.

Proper noun

Ingria

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

Translations

region to the south of Karelia

• Danish: Ingermanland
• Estonian: Ingeri (et), Ingerimaa
• Finnish: Inkeri (fi), Inkerinmaa
• French: Ingrie (fr)
• German: Ingermanland n
• Ingrian: Inkeri
• Japanese: イングリア (Inguria)
• Latin: Ingria
• Portuguese: Íngria f
• Russian: И́нгрия (ru) f (Íngrija), Ингерманла́ндия (ru) f (Ingermanlándija), Ижо́ра (ru) f (Ižóra)
• Swedish: Ingermanland (sv)

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• ragini, nigari, airing