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dene

  [deen]
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–noun British.
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
Also, dean.

Origin:
1815–20; earlier den, in same sense, ME (in phrase den and strond); perh. to be identified with ME dene, OE denu, dænu valley
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dene   (dēn)   
n.   Chiefly British
A sandy tract or dune by the seashore.

[Possibly East Frisian düne, a sand dune; akin to dune.]
De·ne also Dé·né   (dā'nē, dā-nā')   
n.   (used with a pl. verb)
The Athabaskan-speaking peoples of northwest Canada and inland Alaska considered as a group.
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