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1. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia
   - Cheremis, Cheremiss
    
2. The Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis
   - Cheremis, Cheremiss

Derived forms: Maris

Type of: Russian, Volgaic

Part of: Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia

Encyclopedia: Mari Mari, Pakistan Mari, Syria