Tlingit

[ tling-git ]

noun

, plural Tlin·gits, (especially collectively) Tlin·git.

1. a member of any of a number of Indigenous peoples of the coastal regions of southern Alaska and northern British Columbia.
2. the language of the Tlingit, a Na-Dene language.

Tlingit

/ ˈtlɪŋɡɪt /

noun

1. -gits-git a member of a seafaring group of North American Indian peoples inhabiting S Alaska and N British Columbia
2. the language of these peoples, belonging to the Na-Dene phylum

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tlingit¹

First recorded in 1865–70; from Tlingit tłingít “human being, person, Tlingit”

Example Sentences

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.

From Outside Online

Taku Glacier is named after the T’aaḵú Ḵwáan people, whose name in Tlingit means “flood of geese.”

From Outside Online

After 50 years, members of the Huna Tlingit people can finally collect harvest sea gull eggs again in Glacier National Park.

From The Daily Beast

A good example of such a pitch language is Tlingit, spoken by the Indians of the southern coast of Alaska.

From Project Gutenberg

This was the place of honor in all Tlingit houses upon all occasions, ceremonial or otherwise.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr Goldenweizer does not mention that the "clans" of the Tlingit have animal names.

From Project Gutenberg

Raven came next to Wild Canary, that lives all the year around in the Tlingit country.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Goldenweizer says that, "with few exceptions," the "clans" of the Tlingit bear "names derived from localities."

From Project Gutenberg