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NGANASAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nganasan mean? 

NGANASAN (noun)
  The noun NGANASAN has 2 senses:

1. a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberiaplay

2. the Uralic language spoken by the Nganasanplay

  Familiarity information: NGANASAN used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NGANASAN (noun)


Sense 1

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)


Sense 2

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)


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