Nganasani

noun

Nga·​na·​sa·​ni

variants or less commonly Nganasane

əŋˌgänəˈsänē

plural Nganasani or Nganasanis also Nganasane or Nganasanes

1

: a Samoyed people inhabiting the Taimyr peninsula of Siberia

2

: a member of the Nganasani people

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