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Dieri

noun
Die·​ri | \ ˈdirē\
plural Dieri or Dieris

Definition of Dieri

1a : an aboriginal people near Lake Eyre, Australia, having marriage customs in which a woman is pledged a husband at birth and in which the custom of pirraura exists
b : a member of such people
2 : the language of the Dieri people

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