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Definition of Tunguz
1. Noun. The Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tunguz
Literary usage of Tunguz
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Buenos Ayres and Argentine Gleanings: With Extracts from a Diary of Salado by Thomas Joseph Hutchinson (1865)
"... Cross Roads — Bolivian Indians from tunguz—Privilege indicated by -wearing
plaited Hair—Various Species of Algarrobo—General Uses of it—Aloja—Puesto de ..."
2. Contributions Toward a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture by Leo Wiener (1921)
"To these may be added tunguz (near Baikal) jelek, ... 3 Here we have distinctly
a tunguz word, and the Greek, Latin, and Arabic words refer to a time when ..."
3. Researches Into the Early History of Mankind and the Development of Civilization by Edward Burnett Tylor (1870)
"No doubt the tradition is true of the Goldi that, though they have no reindeer
now, they once had, like the tunguz tribes north of the ..."
4. The Industries of Russia by Russia Ministerstvo finansov, John Martin Crawford, World's Columbian Exposition (1893)
"... belong to the tunguz tribes, and only the minority to the ... of tunguz in
the Amour country is the settled agricultural ..."
5. China, Her History, Diplomacy, and Commerce: From the Earliest Times to the by Edward Harper Parker (1917)
"... or "Hun slaves") and Tung-hu (tunguz, or "East Tartars " ). Following a Chinese
practice which prevails to this day, the Toba Emperor, no doubt advised ..."
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