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# nenets

noun (the Nenets, a Nenets); adjective (Nenets)

«nenets» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The Nenets are a people of the Arctic in northern Russia who traditionally herd reindeer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nenets/#m1)
2. Nenets is also their language. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nenets/#m2)

### In the lessons

Met in geography lessons about the Arctic, tundra and nomadic peoples who move with their reindeer.

### Examples

- The Nenets herd reindeer across the tundra. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nenets/#x1)
- Nenets families live in tents called chums. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nenets/#x2)
- The Nenets travel hundreds of kilometres each year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nenets/#x3)
- Nenets children wear warm reindeer-skin coats. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nenets/#x4)
- The Nenets language is related to Finnish and Hungarian. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nenets/#x5)
- Gas drilling has changed the Nenets' land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nenets/#x6)

### Note

Capital N. «Nenets» is both singular and plural. Their language is distantly related to Finnish and Hungarian.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nenets» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nenets/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nenets» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nenets.html) on Mova free.