Definition of athabascan Athabascan
Ath•a•bas•can
We found 5 definitions of athabascan from 3 different sources.
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What does athabascan mean?
WordNet
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| athabascan - a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir) | ||
| Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Athapaskan language | ||
| american-indian language, amerind, amerindian language, american indian, indian any of the languages spoken by Amerindians | ||
| the states, u.s.a., united states of america, us, america, u.s., united states, usa North America and South America and Central America | ||
| apache the language of the Apache | ||
| navaho, navajo the Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho | ||
| hupa the Athapaskan language spoken by the Hupa | ||
| mattole the Athapaskan language spoken by the Mattole | ||
| athabascan - 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 Alaska | ||
| Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan | ||
| red indian, american indian, indian a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived | ||
| apache the language of the Apache | ||
| chipewyan the language spoken by the Chipewyan | ||
| hupa the Athapaskan language spoken by the Hupa | ||
| mattole the Athapaskan language spoken by the Mattole | ||
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Wiktionary 
- athabascan (Noun)
Any member of these peoples. - athabascan (Adjective)
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. Sometimes thought to have been the second migration of peoples into the Americas.
Part of speech
🔤- athabascan, noun, singular of athabascans.
