Tlingit

//ˈklɪŋkɪt// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an Indian people from the coastal regions of Alaska and British Columbia.

    "Today (about fifty years later) it is not likely that any Tlingit would make quite these mistakes. Even if they have never seen a live sheep, probably they have all seen pictures of them. But the same kind of mistakes are still with us today. We meet them in translation of verses, of Bible stories and the choruses that the Tlingits sing."

  2. 2
    the Na-Dene language spoken by the Tlingit wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaska wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    of, or relating to these people or their language not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    the language of these people

Synonyms

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tlingit language

Example

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"One of my favourite animation shows is Anash and the Legacy of the Sun-Rock, about the Tlingit Amerindians long ago."

Etymology

Borrowed from Tlingit Lingít.

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british columbia

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