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Gil•yak
(gil′yäk, gil yäk′)USA pronunciation n.
- Language VarietiesNivkh.
- Russian gilyák; of uncertain origin, originally, perh. akin to Nivkh (Amur dialect, dialectal) kil a name for neighboring Tungusic peoples (with the Russian noun, nominal suffix -(y)ak, as in sibiryák a Siberian)
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