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AthapascanenUK
Ath·a·pas·can A0495100 (ăth′ə-păs′kən)n. Variant of Athabaskan.Athapascan (ˌæθəˈpæskən) or Athapaskan; Athabascan (ˌæθəˈbæskən) or Athabaskann1. (Languages) a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho2. (Peoples) a speaker of one of these languages[from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Athapascan - 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 AlaskaAthabaskan, Athapaskan, AthabascanAmerican Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrivedApache - any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in OklahomaChipewyan - a member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson BayHupa - a member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in CaliforniaMattole - a member of the Athapaskan people living in northwestern CaliforniaNavaho, Navajo - a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah | | 2. | Athapascan - a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)Athabascan, Athapaskan language, Athabaskan, AthapaskanAmerican-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by AmerindiansApache - the language of the ApacheNavaho, Navajo - the Athapaskan language spoken by the NavahoHupa - the Athapaskan language spoken by the HupaMattole - the Athapaskan language spoken by the MattoleChippewaian, Chippewyan, Chipewyan - the language spoken by the ChipewyanU.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 |
AthapascanenUK
Athapascan or Athapaskan: see AthabascanAthabascan
, Athapascan,
or Athapaskan
, group of related Native American languages forming a branch of the Nadene linguistic family or stock. In the preconquest period, Athabascan was a large and extensive group of tongues.
..... Click the link for more information. ; Native American languagesNative American languages,
languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent.
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Related to Athapascan: AthapaskanSynonyms for Athapascannoun 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 AlaskaSynonyms- Athabaskan
- Athapaskan
- Athabascan
Related Words- American Indian
- Indian
- Red Indian
- Apache
- Chipewyan
- Hupa
- Mattole
- Navaho
- Navajo
noun a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)Synonyms- Athabascan
- Athapaskan language
- Athabaskan
- Athapaskan
Related Words- American-Indian language
- Amerind
- Amerindian language
- American Indian
- Indian
- Apache
- Navaho
- Navajo
- Hupa
- Mattole
- Chippewaian
- Chippewyan
- Chipewyan
- U.S.A.
- United States
- United States of America
- US
- USA
- America
- the States
- U.S.
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