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Tlingit

Syllabification: (Tlin·git)
Pronunciation: /ˈtliNG(g)it/
Definition of Tlingit

noun (plural same or Tlingits)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people of the coasts and islands of southeastern Alaska and adjacent British Columbia.
  • 2the Na-Dene language of the Tlingit.

adjective

  • relating to the Tlingit or their language.

Origin:

the name in Tlingit

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