Athabascan

Variant of Athabaskan

Athabaskan definition

Atha·bas·kan or Athabascan Ath′a·bas′·can (at̸h′ə bas′kən)

noun

  1. a family of North American Indian languages, including Chipewyan, Hupa, and Navajo
  2. a member of any of the peoples speaking these languages

adjective

designating or of these peoples or their languages or cultures

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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