Yugra
/ˈjuːɡrə/noun
A historical name for the region and peoples associated with the Khanty and Mansi areas east of the northern Ural Mountains.
Did you know?Yugra is closely connected with the medieval ethnonym behind “Ugric,” linking it historically—not magically—to the names Hungary and Hungarian.
Etymological Timeline
11th–12th Century
Old East Slavic
Югра (Yugra)
“A name for peoples and lands beyond the northern Urals, probably referring to ancestors of the Khanty and Mansi.”
12th–13th Century
Medieval Latin
Iugra
“A Latinized geographical and ethnographic name used in accounts of northeastern Europe and the lands beyond Rus’.”
16th–17th Century
Russian
Югра
“A regional name associated with the Ob-Irtysh area and its Indigenous Ugric-speaking populations.”
Modern English
English
Yugra
“A historical or regional name for the Khanty–Mansi area and, in broader historical usage, its peoples.”