dene

Definitions


[diːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a vale, especially the deep, narrow wooded valley of a small river
(e.g: Rottingdean)


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Origin:
Old English denu, of Germanic origin; related to den


[diːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a bare sandy tract or low sandhill by the sea


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Origin:
Middle English: perhaps of Germanic origin and related to dune


[ˈdɛneɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of the Canadian Northwest and Alaska, traditionally speaking Athabaskan languages, and having collective representation in Canadian political life

- any of the Athabaskan languages of the Dene


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Origin:
from French Déné, from an Athabaskan word meaning ‘people’


[ˈdɛneɪ], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to the Dene or their languages


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Origin:
from French Déné, from an Athabaskan word meaning ‘people’




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