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Lipan

noun
Li·​pan | \lēˈpän, li-\
plural Lipan or Lipans

Definition of Lipan 

1a : an Apache people of eastern New Mexico and western Texas

b : a member of such people

2 : the Athapaskan language of the Lipan people

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