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qoryak

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Qoryak, is the phonetic transliterated word for the Koryak people, a Paleo-Siberian group indigenous to northeastern Asia and the Bering Strait in close proximity to Alaska, historically considered independent from the Slavic-Russians of Europe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • My great-grandma was a Qoryak person during the Tsar revolution.

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History

Etymology

Proto-Siberian -> cëx + äx (with the reindeer: deer + with) Qoryat -> qor + ak (with the reindeer: deer + with)