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Tlingit

/ˈklɪŋkɪt/

Tlingit noun: a member of an Indian people from the coastal regions of Alaska and British Columbia.

Noun

Tlingit (plural Tlingits or Tlingit)

  1. A member of an Indian people from the coastal regions of Alaska and British Columbia.
    • Today (about fifty years later) it is not likely that any Tlingit would make quite these mistakes. Even if they have never seen a live sheep, probably they have all seen pictures of them. But the same kind of mistakes are still with us today. We meet them in translation of verses, of Bible stories...1963, Constance Naish, Gillian Story, “‘The Lord is My Goat Hunter’”, in The Bible Translator, volume 14, number 2, page 92

Proper noun

Tlingit

  1. the language of these people

Adjective

Tlingit (not comparable)

  1. of, or relating to these people or their language

Forms of Tlingit

pluralTlingits
pluralTlingit
alternative formLingít

Origin of Tlingit

Borrowed from Tlingit Lingít.

Words that rhyme with Tlingit

Questions about Tlingit

What does Tlingit mean?
Tlingit means a member of an Indian people from the coastal regions of Alaska and British Columbia.
What part of speech is Tlingit?
Tlingit can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Tlingit?
Tlingit is pronounced /ˈklɪŋkɪt/.
What is the plural of Tlingit?
The plural of Tlingit is Tlingits.

Words near Tlingit in the dictionary

  1. TLEs
  2. TLH
  3. TLI
  4. Tli Cho
  5. Tlicho
  6. Tlingit
  7. Tlingits
  8. Tlinket
  9. Tlinkit
  10. Tlinkits
  11. tlk

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