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Nen•ets



Pronunciation: (nen'ets), [key]
n.,
pl. Nen•tsi, Nen•tsyPronunciation: (nent'sē), [key] (esp. collectively) Nen•ets.

1. a member of a reindeer-herding Uralic people of far northern European Russia and adjacent areas of Siberia as far as the Yenisei River delta.
2. the Samoyedic language of the Nenets. Also called Yurak.

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