Tlingit
a member of any of a number of Indigenous peoples of the coastal regions of southern Alaska and northern British Columbia.
the language of the Tlingit, a Na-Dene language.
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How to use Tlingit in a sentence
In Alaska, the National Forest Foundation is taking Tlingit youth out to connect with their ancestral lands—and renovating campgrounds, maintaining trails, and picking up trash from the coast while they’re at it.
Taku Glacier is named after the T’aaḵú Ḵwáan people, whose name in Tlingit means “flood of geese.”
After 50 years, members of the Huna Tlingit people can finally collect harvest sea gull eggs again in Glacier National Park.
Nazis, Sunscreen, and Sea Gull Eggs: Congress in 2014 Was Hella Productive | Ben Jacobs | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA good example of such a pitch language is Tlingit, spoken by the Indians of the southern coast of Alaska.
Language | Edward SapirThis was the place of honor in all Tlingit houses upon all occasions, ceremonial or otherwise.
The Whale House of the Chilkat | George T. Emmons
Mr Goldenweizer does not mention that the "clans" of the Tlingit have animal names.
Method in the Study of Totemism | Andrew LangRaven came next to Wild Canary, that lives all the year around in the Tlingit country.
Myths and Legends of Alaska | VariousMr. Goldenweizer says that, "with few exceptions," the "clans" of the Tlingit bear "names derived from localities."
Method in the Study of Totemism | Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for Tlingit
/ (ˈtlɪŋɡɪt) /
plural -gits or -git a member of a seafaring group of North American Indian peoples inhabiting S Alaska and N British Columbia
the language of these peoples, belonging to the Na-Dene phylum
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