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Nganasan

Nganasan noun: a member of a people who live in the extreme northwest of Siberia.

Noun

Nganasan (plural Nganasans or Nganasan or Nganasani)

  1. A member of a people who live in the extreme northwest of Siberia.

Proper noun

Nganasan

  1. The Samoyedic language spoken by these people.

Forms of Nganasan

pluralNganasans
pluralNganasan
pluralNganasani

Questions about Nganasan

What does Nganasan mean?
Nganasan means a member of a people who live in the extreme northwest of Siberia.
What part of speech is Nganasan?
Nganasan can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Nganasan?
The plural of Nganasan is Nganasans.

Words near Nganasan in the dictionary

  1. Ngan
  2. Ngan'gi
  3. Ngan'gikurunggurr
  4. Ngan'gityemerri
  5. ngana
  6. Nganasan
  7. Nganasani
  8. Nganasans
  9. Ngandi
  10. Nganga
  11. Ngangas

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