NA-DENE


Meaning of NA-DENE in English

[ nα:'dɛneɪ , -ni ]

■ noun a postulated phylum of North American Indian languages including the Athabaskan family, Tlingit, and (in some classifications) Haida.

Origin

from Tlingit naa 'tribe' + N. Athabaskan dene 'tribe'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.