Nenets

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a people who live in the extreme northwest of Russia; a Samoyed.
  2. 2
    a Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Samoyedic languages spoken by these people.

Synonyms

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nenets languagenentsinentsi languagenentsynentsy languageyurak samoyed

Example

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"Reindeer have been herded for centuries by the Sami and the Nenets."

Etymology

From Russian ненец (nenec).

Related phrases

Nenets Herding LaikaTundra Nenets

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