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Kamchadal

noun
Kam·​cha·​dal
variants: or less commonly Kamchadale \ ¦kämchə¦däl \ or Kamchadele \ -​del, -​dē(ə)l \
plural Kamchadal or Kamchadals

Definition of Kamchadal 

1a : a people of southern Kamchatka who are chiefly hunters and fishers

b : a member of such people

2 : a Luorawetlan language of the Kamchadal people

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Russian Kamchadal Kamchatkan

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