Nenets

American  

[nen-ets] / ˈnɛn ɛts /

noun

plural

Nentsi, Nentsy,

plural

Nenets

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.

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Etymology

Origin of Nenets

< Russian nénets (with -ets falsely construed as the Russian suffix) < Nenets ńēnetś man, Nenets

Example Sentences

Elsewhere, confirmed losses from indigenous groups include 201 Nenets, 96 Chukchi, 77 Khanty, 30 Koryaks and seven Inuit.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

At that time, local people lived by hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants—a lifestyle still partially practiced by Nenets and Khanty people in the area today.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 29, 2023

For some coastal communities it will be “an existential threat,” the report said, adding that traditional lifestyles of the Sami and the Nenets peoples are already under threat in the European Arctic.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2022

In their number are thousands from the Sami, along with the Chukchi, Evenki, Eveny and Nenets in Siberia.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2020

From that congress I have the following languages translated: Karelian, Udmurt, Estonian, Komi and Nenets.

From Baron Pál Podmaniczky and the Norwegian Bible by Ilona, Martinovitsné Kutas