Ugrian. A branch of the [Finno-Ugrian] stock (q.v.) including the [Samoyedes], [Voguls], [Ostyaks], [Soyots] and [Siryanians] of Siberia, the [Permian Finns] of Russia, and the [Magyars] of Hungary. See under these heads.
Umbquas. See [ATHABASCAN].
Umbrians. An ancient Italic race, perhaps allied to the [Etruscans] (q.v.) or the Samnites, afterwards subjugated by Rome.
Ural-Altaic. A term applied to the Northern Mongolic family of races, corresponding nearly to the older Turanian. It includes the Mongol, Turki, Finno-Ugrian, Siberian, and Koreo-Japanese stocks.
Uruts. See [SHARRAS].
Utahs. See [SHOSHONEAN].
Uzbegs. Nomadic Turki race of the Oxus Basin.
Vaalpens. A Negrito race of the Kalahari Desert, probably a half-breed between Bechuanas and Bushmen, formerly the serfs of the dominant Bantu races, but now freed under British rule.
Vandals. A Teutonic race, settled at the dawn of the Christian era in North-east Germany between the Oder and the Vistula. Like the Goths, whom they physically resembled, they were a warlike and roving race. Early in the fifth century they invaded Gaul and formed a settlement in Spain, where Andalusia (anciently Vandalitia) preserves their name. Later, under the fierce Genseric, they crossed to Africa and over-ran Mauretania, where they established a short-lived piratical Empire. In 534 it was destroyed by a Byzantine army under Belisarius, and the Vandals thereafter disappeared as a separate race. Their name has become a by word on account of their turn for devastation.
Vaudois. See [WALDENSES].