Merya (other)

	Merya (other) Merya may refer to: * Merya people * Merya language, an extinct language * Merya (Tanzanian ward) See also * Meryan (other) * Merja (other), pronounced "Merya" * Meria (other) Meria may refer to: People * Meria Aires (born 1989), Bruneian singer-songwriter * Meria people, also known as Volga Finns Places * Berești-Meria, Romania * Meria, Hunedoara, Romania ( ro) * Meria, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France * Meria, Ozurg ... * Marya, a tribe of Eritria {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Merya People The Meryans, also ''Merya'' (Russian: меря) were an ancient Finnic people that lived in the Upper Volga region. The Primary Chronicle places them around the Nero and Pleshcheyevo lakes. They were assimilated to Russians around the 13th century. History Jordanes mentioned "Merens" as a nation paying tribute to the Gothic ruler Ermanarich. According to the Primary Chronicle, the Varangians also forced the Meryans to pay tribute. This event is dated to 859, although the chronology is not reliable. Oleg of Novgorod forced the Meryans to take part in his 882 campaigns against Smolensk and Kiev. They are also mentioned as the participants of Oleg's campaign against Constantinople in 907. Merya began to be assimilated by East Slavs when their territory became incorporated into Kievan Rus' in the 10th century. Their assimilation in the Upper Volga region seems to have been complete by the 13th century. The ''Life of Abraham of Galich'' claims that, when arriving to the Lake Gali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Merya Language Merya or Meryanic is an extinct Finno-Ugric language, which was spoken by the Meryans. Merya began to be assimilated by East Slavs when their territory became incorporated into Kievan Rus' in the 10th century. However some Merya speakers might have even lived in the 18th century. There is also a theory that the word for "Moscow" originates from the Merya language. The Meryan language stretched to the western parts of Vologda Oblast and Moscow. Classification There is no general agreement on the relationship of Merya with its neighboring Uralic languages. It is sometimes left as unclassified within the western end of the family. * A traditional account places Merya as a member of the Volga-Finnic group, comprising also the Mordvinic and Mari languages. However, Volga Finnic is today considered obsolete. * Eugene Helimski supposed that the Merya language was part of a "northwest" group of Finno-Ugric, including also Balto-Finnic and Sami. Helimski argued that even though there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Merya (Tanzanian Ward) Merya is an administrative ward in the Singida Rural district of the Singida Region of Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands .... It is approximately 712 km north west of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It is partly connected via all weather road from the capital of Tanzania. The final leg of the journey is on a mud road. According to the 2012 census, the ward has a total population of 8,051. Merya is known for its heavy production of onions. References Wards of Singida Region {{Singida-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Meryan (other) Meryan may refer to: * Merya people, a historic ethnic group of Russia * Merya language, an extinct Uralic language * Meryan Rodnovery, a religious movement of Russia * Maryan, Iran (other), or Meryan, several places in Iran See also * Merya (other) * Merian (other) Merian may refer to People with the surname * Merian family, Swiss patrician family from Basel * Matthäus Merian the Elder (1593–1650), Swiss-German engraver and publisher * Matthäus Merian the Younger (1621–1687), Swiss painter * Maria Siby ... * Maryan (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Merja (other) Merja may refer to * Merja, Estonia, a village in Estonia * Merja (name), a Finnish female name See also * Merya (other) Merya may refer to: * Merya people * Merya language, an extinct language * Merya (Tanzanian ward) See also * Meryan (other) * Merja (other), pronounced "Merya" * Meria (other) * Marya The Marya are a tribe in western Er ... {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Meria (other) Meria may refer to: People * Meria Aires (born 1989), Bruneian singer-songwriter * Meria people, also known as Volga Finns Places * Berești-Meria, Romania * Meria, Hunedoara, Romania ( ro) * Meria, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France * Meria, Ozurgeti Municipality, Georgia Other * MERIA, Middle East Review of International Affairs ''Middle East Review of International Affairs'' (MERIA) was a quarterly, peer-reviewed, journal on Middle East issues founded by the late Barry Rubin and edited by Dr. Jonathan Spyer. The journal is no longer active; the last published issue wa ... * Meria Book, another name of the fictional character Shepherd Book in ''Firefly'' {{dab, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]