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Dena'ina

/dəˈnaː.inə/

Dena'ina noun: a member of the Dena'ina people, a Native American tribe of the region surrounding Cook Inlet on the southern coast of Alaska.

Noun

Dena'ina (plural Dena'inas or Dena'ina)

  1. A member of the Dena'ina people, a Native American tribe of the region surrounding Cook Inlet on the southern coast of Alaska.
    Synonyms:
    Kinayskiy

Proper noun

Dena'ina

  1. The Northern Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.

Synonyms of Dena'ina

  • Kinayskiy

Forms of Dena'ina

pluralDena'inas
pluralDena'ina
alternative formTanaina

Origin of Dena'ina

Borrowed from Dena'ina Denaʼina (literally “the people”).

Questions about Dena'ina

What does Dena'ina mean?
Dena'ina means a member of the Dena'ina people, a Native American tribe of the region surrounding Cook Inlet on the southern coast of Alaska.
What part of speech is Dena'ina?
Dena'ina can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dena'ina?
Dena'ina is pronounced /dəˈnaː.inə/.
What is the plural of Dena'ina?
The plural of Dena'ina is Dena'inas.

Words near Dena'ina in the dictionary

  1. den mother
  2. den mothers
  3. den of iniquity
  4. Den.
  5. Dena
  6. Dena'ina
  7. Dena'inas
  8. Denaby
  9. denagliptin
  10. denail
  11. denailed

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