yagán

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ʝaˈɡan/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈɣ̞ãn] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ʃaˈɡan/ [ʃaˈɣ̞ãn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ʒaˈɡan/ [ʒaˈɣ̞ãn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: ya‧gán

Adjective

yagán (feminine yagana, masculine plural yaganes, feminine plural yaganas)

  1. Yaghan
    Synonym: yámana
    • 2016 September 29, “Puerto Williams, el pueblo del fin del mundo”, in La Prensa[1]:
      "La comunidad yagán es nuestro tesoro cultural, es el pueblo más austral del mundo.
      "The Yaghan community is our cultural treasure, [since] it's the southernmost people on Earth.