Chipewyan

Chipewyan Definition

Chip·ewy·an (c̸hip′ə wī′ən)

noun

a member of a North American Indian people of NW Canada
the Athabaskan language of this people

Etymology: Cree ochiipwayaaniiw, lit., one who has pointed skins or hides: prob. in allusion to the Chipewyans' style of hunting shirts

Browse dictionary entries near Chipewyan

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