Meaning of Nganasan in English

1. Pronunciation

   /(ə)ŋˈɡanəsan/

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1. Noun

   Nganasan

   Etymology

   1940s; earliest use found in Pacific Affairs. From Russian nganasan (plural nganasany) from Nganasan ŋanasa (plural ŋanasanʔ), lit. ‘person, human being’. The self-designation of the Nganasan is Nya (also as n'aa, adjectival form of n'a mate); all of these forms have analogues in Nenets

   Definitions

   1. a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr peninsula in Siberia
2. 2. the Uralic language spoken by the Nganasan people