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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 Siberia
2. the Uralic language spoken by the Nganasan
Familiarity information: NGANASAN used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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