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Tungus

Tungus

English

Alternative forms

Noun

Tungus (plural Tunguses)

  1. Any member of a group of roving Turanian tribes in Eastern Siberia and the Amoor valley, who speak Tungusic languages.

Proper noun

Tungus

  1. (dated, possibly obsolete) The Evenki language.

References

  • Tungus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913