dene
noun/diːn/
Etymology From Middle English dene, from Old English dene.
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Northumbria A valley, especially the deep valley of a stream or rivulet.
- Derived terms
- denehole
Dene
nounalso spelled Dene/ˈdɛneɪ/
Etymology Probably from Chipewyan, though most Athabaskan languages have a similar word meaning "person" that's often used as the name for the people who speak the language and/or the language itself. Doublet of Diné.
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An Athabascan people of Canada, especially of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
- In the Northwest Territories, the languages with official status are English, French, Dëne Sųłıné (Chipewyan), Nēhiyawēwin (Cree), Dene Kǝdǝ́ (Northern Slavey), Dene Zhatıé (Southern Slavey), Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik (Gwich’in), Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun and Tłįcho.2025, Marie-Ève Hudon, Language regimes in the Provinces and the Territories, Ottawa, Canada: Library of Parliament, page 30:
- Synonyms
- Chipewyan
- Related terms
- Dene-Yeniseian, Deneology, Proto-Dene, Dene Valley, Diné
- Coordinate terms
- Na-Dene