NGANASAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nganasan mean? 

• NGANASAN (noun)
  The noun NGANASAN has 2 senses:

1. a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia

2. the Uralic language spoken by the Nganasan

  Familiarity information: NGANASAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NGANASAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Nganasan" is a kind of...):

Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)

Holonyms ("Nganasan" is a member of...):

Siberia (a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Uralic language spoken by the Nganasan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Nganasan" is a kind of...):

Samoyed; Samoyedic (the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia)