YENISEIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Yeniseian mean? 

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

1. a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia

2. the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian

  Familiarity information: YENISEIAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YENISEIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)

Holonyms ("Yeniseian" 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 Yeniseian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Enets; Entsi; Entsy; Yenisei; Yenisei-Samoyed; Yeniseian

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

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