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Yahgans

Yahgans is the plural of Yahgan.

Meaning of Yahgan

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

Questions about Yahgans

What is Yahgans the plural of?
Yahgans is the plural of Yahgan.

Words near Yahgans in the dictionary

  1. Yahawashi
  2. Yahbulon
  3. Yahgan
  4. Yahganan
  5. Yahganans
  6. Yahgans
  7. Yahi
  8. Yahir
  9. Yahk
  10. Yahn
  11. Yahnke

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