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Athabascan
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athabascan
English
Alternative forms
en Athabaskan Athapascan Athapaskan
Etymology
From en Athabasca an, from en cr Ahđapaskâw where there are plants distributed in a net-like pattern.2021 Northern Dene Astronomical and Sky-related Knowledge: A Comparative Anthropological Study Chris M. Cannon 12 University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska
Adjective
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Pertaining to a group of peoples mostly inhabiting Alaska, western Canada, the Pacific coast of California and Oregon, and the Navajo and Apache peoples in the American Southwest.
en 31 August 2015 The Guardian “I’d like to thank the president for working with us to achieve this significant change to show honour, respect and gratitude to the Athabascan people of Alaska,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican who led the fight for the name change in Congress.
Translations
Dutch: nl Athabaskisch
French: fr athabascan
Inupiaq: ik Tinaaq
Portuguese: pt atabascano, pt atabasca, pt atabasco
Proper noun
The family of languages spoken by these peoples.
Derived terms
en Proto-Athabascan
Translations
the family of languages spoken by the Athabascan peoples
Irish: ga teangacha Atapascacha f-p
Portuguese: pt atabasco m
Noun
Any member of these peoples.
See also
Na-Dene languages
References
en Language families Native Americans