plural Tungus or Tunguses
1
: a member of an indigenous people of central and southeastern Siberia
2
: the Tungusic language of the Tungus people
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Its subject was shamanism among the Reindeer Tungus, a collective of reindeer-herding peoples Indigenous to sub-Arctic Asia and better known today as the Evenki.
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Naï Zakharia, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
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Naï Zakharia, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
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“Tungus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tungus. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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