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Yahgan

Yahgan proper noun: an indigenous people of the Southern Cone.

Proper noun

Yahgan (plural Yahgans or Yahgan)

  1. An indigenous people of the Southern Cone.
    • The Yahgans, according to a census I made in June, are as follows: men, 273; women, 314; children, 358; total, 945.1884, “Indian Languages of South America”, in Science, volume 4, number 80, page 138
  2. A member of that people.
  3. The language of that people.
    • This is an attempt to present the Yahgan dialect of the Fuegian Islands in lexical form[.]1885, “The Yahgans of Tierra Del Fuego”, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 14, page 289

Forms of Yahgan

pluralYahgans
pluralYahgan

Words formed from Yahgan

Questions about Yahgan

What does Yahgan mean?
Yahgan means an indigenous people of the Southern Cone.
What part of speech is Yahgan?
Yahgan is a proper noun.

Words near Yahgan in the dictionary

  1. Yah-ta-hey
  2. Yahatahigashi
  3. Yahatanishi
  4. Yahawashi
  5. Yahbulon
  6. Yahgan
  7. Yahganan
  8. Yahganans
  9. Yahgans
  10. Yahi
  11. Yahir

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