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Tlin·git  (tlnggt, -kt, klngkt)

n. pl. Tlingit or Tlin·gits

1.

a. A Native American people inhabiting the coastal and island areas of southeast Alaska.

b. A member of this people.

2. The language of the Tlingit.

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Tlingit [ˈtlɪŋgɪt]

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -gits, -git a member of a seafaring group of North American Indian peoples inhabiting S Alaska and N British Columbia

2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of these peoples, belonging to the Na-Dene phylum

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Tlingit - a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaska American Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
	2.	Tlingit - the Na-Dene language spoken by the Tlingit Na-Dene - a family of North American Indian languages