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Dene

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛneɪ, ˈdɛni/

Definition of Dene

noun (plural same)

  • 1a member of a group of American Indian peoples of the Canadian North-West and Alaska.
  • 2 [mass noun] any of the Athabaskan languages of the Dene.

adjective

  • relating to the Dene or their languages.

Origin:

from French Déné, from an Athabaskan word meaning 'people'

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