Dene is a proper noun used as a surname or ethnolinguistic label, most notably referring to an Indigenous people of the Northwest Territories in Canada, or to individuals bearing the name. As a word, it is pronounced with two syllables, typically stressed on the first, and often realized with a short, clipped vowel sound depending on the speaker’s background. In some contexts it appears in ethnographic, historical, or genealogical discourse.
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