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Yukaghir

American  
[yoo-kuh-geer] / ˌyu kəˈgɪər /

noun

plural

Yukaghirs,

plural

Yukaghir

  1. a member of an Indigenous people of the Kolyma river basin of northeastern Siberia.

  2. the Paleosiberian language of the Yukaghir.

Etymology

Origin of Yukaghir

First recorded in 1840–45; from Russian yukagír, probably of Evenki origin

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