Athabascan

Speech parts

1. Athabascan - Noun

2. Athabascan - Adjective

3. Athabascan - Proper noun

Meaning

a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)

a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Athabaskan Athapascan Athapaskan Athapaskan language Athabasca Athabaska

Hypernyms

indian Native American Amerindian American Indian Amerind Amerindian language

Hyponyms

apache Navajo Chipewyan Hupa Navaho Chippewyan

Examples

Dr. Allison Kelliher is a medical doctor who says she likes to draw from the best of two worlds – Western medicine and her Interior Athabascan heritage. Source: Internet

Other Athabascan languages, namely those in western Alaska (such as Koyukon ) and the Pacific coast (such as Hupa ), did not develop tone. Source: Internet

With regular travel up these rivers, the Tlingit developed extensive trade networks with Athabascan tribes of the interior, and commonly intermarried with them. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Athabasca River Athabasca tar sands athabascaite Athabascanist Athabaska athabaska landing