yagán

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝaˈɡan/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈɣ̞ãn]

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

• 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.