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Yenish

Yenish noun: a group of nomadic people in Europe, living mostly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Wallonia, and parts of France. They often claim to be descendants of the Celtic Helvetii.

Noun

Yenish pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A group of nomadic people in Europe, living mostly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Wallonia, and parts of France. They often claim to be descendants of the Celtic Helvetii.

Adjective

Yenish (not comparable)

  1. Relating to these people

Forms of Yenish

alternative formYeniche

Origin of Yenish

From Luxembourgish Jéinesch

Questions about Yenish

What does Yenish mean?
Yenish means a group of nomadic people in Europe, living mostly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Wallonia, and parts of France. They often claim to be descendants of the Celtic Helvetii.
What part of speech is Yenish?
Yenish can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near Yenish in the dictionary

  1. Yeniseianist
  2. Yeniseianists
  3. Yeniseians
  4. Yeniseic
  5. Yenisey
  6. Yenish
  7. Yenissei
  8. Yenisseian
  9. yenite
  10. Yenki
  11. yenless

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