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Dogrib
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Dog·rib  (dôgrb, dg-)
n. pl. Dogrib or Dog·ribs
1.
a. A Native American people inhabiting an area between the Great Bear and Great Slave lakes in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
b. A member of this people.
2. The Athabaskan language of this people.
[Translation of Cree atimospikay.]
Dogrib [ˈdɒgˌrɪb]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of a Dene Native Canadian people of northern Canada
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the Athapascan language of this people
[from Dogrib Thlingchadinne, dog's flank, referring to the people's belief that they are descended from a dog]
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