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Tunguses
Tunguses Tun*gus"es, n. pl. (Ethnol.) A group of roving Turanian tribes occupying Eastern Siberia and the Amoor valley. They resemble the Mongols. [Written also Tungooses.]
Tungusic
Tungusic Tun*gus"ic, a. Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects.

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- the east by the Pacific Ocean, has its origin from the Tungus people (Evenks). Russian Tungus was likely taken from East Turkic tunguz (literally, 'wild...
- of all detachments was the Tungus P. Karamzin. On July 14, 1924, Tungus independence was declared at Ayan at the "All-Tungus Congress of the Okhotsk coast...
- The Tungusic languages /tʊŋˈɡʊsɪk/ (also known as Manchu–Tungus and Tungus) form a language family spoken in Eastern Siberia and Manchuria by Tungusic...
- cataclysms remains a mystery... to a degree". Skeptoid. Furneaux, Rupert. The Tungus Event: The Great Siberian Catastrophe of 1908, (New York) Nordon Publications...
- Eskeri is the Tungus creator god. He retrieved magic mud from the primeval waters and used it to form the Earth. Mike Dixon-Kennedy, 1998, ABC-CLIO publishers...
- refer to Evenks, or Evenki, a people of Russia and China also known as Tungus Evenki languages, languages of Tungusic family Evenki language, a subdivision...
- minorities' indigenous religionsMongolian folk religionNortheast China folk religion influenced by Tungus and Manchu shamanism; widespread Shanrendao...
- "Life-giver"; a Tungus god of souls. Mayin was responsible for giving souls to newborn babies. When this does not happen the baby is soulless. The Tungus believe...
- Evenki (/eɪˈvɛŋki/ ay-VEN-kee), formerly known as Tungus, is the largest member of the northern group of Tungusic languages, a group which also includes...
- ancient Tungus people had come into contact with the Mongols and Turks who introduced them to horses and horse breeding culture. The Tungus experimented...