Yakut
noun
a member of a Turkic-speaking people of the Lena River Valley and adjacent areas of eastern Siberia.
Yakuts
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pluralof Yakut.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He came back, however, the next day, and with his sailors, appeared unexpectedly among the Yakuts.
From Modern Saints and Seers by Evan Marrett
The main population in the forest belt consists of native nomad or hunting tribes, of which Samoyeds, Ostyaks, Tunguses, and Yakuts are the most numerous.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie
In the north-east of Asia, on both sides of the river Lena, the Yakuts form the most remote link in the Turkic chain of languages.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
In the Yakuts we have an extreme instance of the capacity of man to adapt himself to the milieu.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
Yakuts, tribe of the, 304. dialect of the, 305.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
