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Dane-zaa

Dane-zaa is the alternative form of Dane-ẕaa.

Meaning of Dane-ẕaa

Noun

Dane-ẕaa pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An Athabaskan-speaking group of First Nations people, whose traditional territory is around the Peace River in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.
    • Tse’k’wa is one of the most significant archeological sites in the country and was a gathering place for Dane-ẕaa people for 12,000 years. In 2012, three Dane-ẕaa communities — Oker’s community, the Doig River First Nation, Prophet River First Nation and West Moberly First Nation — purchased the...2025 August 15, Andrea Smith, “‘From Stealing to Healing’”, in The Tyee

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Origin of Dane-zaa

Borrowed from Beaver Dane-ẕaa, ᑕᓀᖚ ᖚᗀᐥ.

Questions about Dane-zaa

What is Dane-zaa the alternative form of?
Dane-zaa is the alternative form of Dane-ẕaa.

Words near Dane-zaa in the dictionary

  1. Dane gun
  2. Dane guns
  3. Dane's blood
  4. Dane-hole
  5. Dane-holes
  6. Dane-zaa
  7. Dane-ẕaa
  8. Danebrog
  9. danegeld
  10. Danegelt
  11. Danehower

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Dane-zaa (page history and authors); Dane-ẕaa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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