Nenets
name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A member of a people who live in the extreme northwest of Russia; a Samoyed.
- 2 a Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 The Samoyedic languages spoken by these people.
Example
More examples"Reindeer have been herded for centuries by the Sami and the Nenets."
Etymology
From Russian ненец (nenec).