Tagish

noun

Ta·​gish

təˈgash

plural Tagish or Tagishes

1

a

: an Athapascan people of Yukon Territory and British Columbia

b

: a member of such people

2

: a language of the Tagish people

Word History

Etymology

from Tagish lake, B.C., Canada

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