dene

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noun (1)

ˈdēn 

British

: valley

Déné

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noun (2)

Dé·​né de-ˈnā 

dā-

plural Déné or Dénés de-ˈnāz 

dā-

: a member of any of the Athabascan-speaking peoples of the interior of Alaska and northwestern Canada

also : the languages of these peoples

Synonyms

Noun (1)

• valley

Examples of dene in a Sentence

Noun (1)

there are some deeply wooded denes in that part of Northumberland

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The facts, again, are simple: Denes, 32, came home one night in February 2014 to find signs of a burglary in nearly every room of her home. —Vinny Vella, Courant Community, 4 May 2017

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Old English denu

Noun (2)

Canadian French, of Athabascan origin; akin to Chipewyan & Slave (Athabascan languages of Canada) dene person

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1867, in the meaning defined above