Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dane-ẕaa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dane-zaa
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Athabaskan-speaking group of First Nations people, whose traditional territory is around the Peace River in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.

name

The language of this people, known more often as Beaver.

Example Sentences

"Tse’k’wa is one of the most significant archeological sites in the country and was a gathering place for Dane-ẕaa people for 12,000 years. In 2012, three Dane-ẕaa communities — Oker’s community, the Doig River First Nation, Prophet River First Nation and West Moberly First Nation — purchased the land and have co-managed the National Historic Site ever since."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Beaver Dane-ẕaa, ᑕᓀᖚ.

Inflected Forms

Dunne-za (alternative) Tsattine (alternative)

Questions

What does dane-ẕaa mean?: An Athabaskan-speaking group of First Nations people, whose traditional territory is around the Peace River in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.
Where does dane-ẕaa come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Beaver Dane-ẕaa, ᑕᓀᖚ.

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