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ewenki

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E·ven·ki   (ĭ-wěng'kē, ĭ-věng'-)   
n.   pl. Evenki or E·ven·kis also Ewenki or E·wen·kis In both senses also called Tungus.

  1. A member of a people inhabiting a large area of eastern Siberia in Russia and northern Nei Monggol (Inner Mongolia) in China.

  2. The Tungusic language of the Evenki.


[Russian, Evenki people, from Evenki ə´wənkī.]
E·wen·ki   (ĭ-wěng'kē)   
n.  Variant of Evenki.
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ewenki

noun
1. a member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia [syn: Evenki] 
2. the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia [syn: Tungus] 
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