单词 | sitkan |
释义 | Sitkann.adj. A. n. 1. A member of a tribe of the Tlingit whose former territory was on the western side of Baranof and Chichagof islands in the Alaska Panhandle (including the site of the city of Sitka, which was named after them). Cf. Sitka n. 1b. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of British Columbia, Alberta, and Alaska > [noun] Slave1789 beaver1801 Carrier1801 Musqueam1808 Nootkian1811 Okanagan1814 Takulli1820 Dogrib1823 Nanaimo1827 Loucheux1828 Bella Coola1834 Nootkan1835 Chilkat1836 Nootka1846 Squamish1846 Siwash1847 Kwakiutl1848 Nitinaht1848 Sitkan1848 Sitka1853 Makah1855 Stick Indian1857 Songhees1860 Stoney1861 Mattole1864 Tlingit1865 Nisga'a1874 Hoochinoo1878 Nimpkish1885 Tsimshian1888 Gitksan1889 Nuxalk1910 Snohomish1910 Nuu-chah-nulth1983 Ditidaht1988 'Namgis1994 the mind > language > languages of the world > North American > [noun] > Na-Dene > Tlingit Sitka1830 Sitkan1848 Tlingit1908 1848 Jrnl. Ethnol. Soc. London 1 232 Sitkans. Inhabiting King George the Third's Archipelago. 1882 Cent. Mag. July 325/2 The Sitkans never set forth on an expedition of unusual importance without first getting beastly drunk. 1905 A. C. Laut Vikings of Pacific xi. 312 The ships began to line up and land field-pieces for action, when a Sitkan came out with overtures of peace. 1953 C. C. Hulley Alaska ii. ii. 213 Katlean, chief of the Sitkans and grandson of the destroyer of the Russian post in Baranof's times, was not averse to repeating the deeds of his ancestor. 2005 R. L. Bland & K. G. Solovjova tr. A. V. Grinev Tlingit Indians in Russ. Amer. 141 After concluding peace with the Sitkans, Baranov sent a hunting party of 301 baidarkas..to hunt in the straits of the Alexander Archipelago. 2. A native or inhabitant of the city of Sitka, Alaska. ΚΠ 1952 Pacific Fisherman Mar. 51/1 With one of the most severe Januarys since the turn of the century behind us, Sitkans are looking forward to springtime. 1984 Barron's National Business & Financial Weekly 2 Apr. 40/4 Alaskans are tightening their fiscal belts. In this new era of frugality, Sitkans again have proved pioneers. 2012 Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News (Nexis) 16 Sept. (Life section) e1 Sitkans have undertaken a broad project to revamp the college, which closed in 2007, as an arts center. B. adj. 1. Of, belonging to, or relating to the Sitka tribe (see sense A. 1) or its language; = Sitka adj. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > peoples of British Columbia, Alberta, and Alaska > [adjective] Dogrib1766 Nootka1784 Nootkan1790 Dog-ribbed1791 beaver1801 Okanagan1814 Carrier1820 Sitka1822 Nanaimo1827 Loucheux1828 Nass1830 Tsimshian1836 Sitkan1851 Makah1855 Snohomish1856 Wakash1856 Songhees1860 Stoney1861 Nisga'a1874 Tlingit1881 Nimpkish1886 Wakashan1892 Musqueam1902 Gitksan1917 Squamish1928 'Namgis1966 Nuu-chah-nulth1978 Nuxalk1981 the mind > language > languages of the world > North American > [adjective] > of or relating to Tlingit Sitka1822 Sitkan1851 1851 R. G. Latham Ethnol. Brit. Colonies vi. 240 Lisiansky, from whom the chief details of the Sitkan Kolúch are taken, especially states that, with few exceptions, their manners and customs are those of these same Konægi. 1890 Arena May 735 Juneau was accompanied by two Sitkan Indians as guides. 1902 Trans. & Proc. Geogr. Soc. of Pacific 49 Lisiansky says that the Sitkan word esk means copper. 1953 C. C. Hulley Alaska ix. 125 Captain Barner..seized the Sitkan chiefs and threatened to hang them if the Indians did not deliver to him all captives and loot taken from the Russian post. 2007 R. Campbell In Darkest Alaska v. 162 When Sophia Cracroft visited Sitka in 1870.., she found it difficult to purchase souvenirs from the locals. A Sitkan Tlingit resisted her requests to sell household objects. 2. Of, belonging to, or relating to the city of Sitka, Alaska, or its inhabitants. ΚΠ 1892 Californian May 568/2 By far the most interesting of all things Sitkan, is the Russo Greek church. 1957 Holiday Apr. 32/1 Sitkan children still trade eggs at Easter, and their mothers prepare such traditional Russian dishes as kulich. 1991 Daily Sentinel (Sitka, Alaska) 14 June 2/2 The combined effort of students and Sitkan citizens will make a difference. 2014 Legal Monitor Worldwide (Nexis) 11 Apr. I do think that if we put this to the vote of Sitkan voters today, that they would pass this. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1848 |
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