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NGANASAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Uralic language spoken by the Nganasan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Nganasan" is a kind of...):

Samoyed; Samoyedic (the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Nganasan" is a kind of...):

Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)

Holonyms ("Nganasan" is a member of...):

Siberia (a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters)

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