Tlingit

(tliŋ′git)

noun

pl. Tlingits or Tlingit a member of a North American Indian people of the coastal areas of S Alaska and N British Columbia
the language of this people, now thought to be related to the Athabaskan languages

Origin: Tlingit lingít, lit., people

See Tlingit in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Tlingit Tlingit or Tlin·gits

a. A Native American people inhabiting the coastal and island areas of southeast Alaska.
b. A member of this people.
The language of the Tlingit.

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