Definition of dene
(Entry 1 of 2)
British
: valley
Déné
noun (2)Definition of Déné (Entry 2 of 2)
: a member of any of the Athabascan-speaking peoples of the interior of Alaska and northwestern Canada
also
: the languages of these peoples
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The first known use of dene was before the 12th century
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