WAKASHAN

Meaning of WAKASHAN in English

[ wa'kaʃ(ə)n ]

■ noun a small family of almost extinct American Indian languages of the northern Pacific coast, including Kwakiutl and Nootka.

Origin

from Nootka waukash 'good' + -an .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

WAKASHAN — noun Etymology: Nootka wakaš, interjection used as a shout of approval Date: circa 1895 a family of American Indian languages …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WAKASHAN — wäˈkashən noun or wa·kash -ˈkash ( plural wakashan or wakashans or wakash or wakashes ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: wakash …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAKASHAN — /wah kash"euhn, waw"keuh shan'/ , n. a family of American Indian languages spoken in British Columbia and Washington and including …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAKASHAN — n. family of American Indian languages
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WAKASHAN — noun Etymology: Nootka wa·ka·š, interjection used as a shout of approval Date: circa 1895 : a family of American Indian …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAKASHAN — [Wa.kash.an] n (ca. 1895): a family of American Indian languages spoken in coastal areas of British Columbia and northwest Washington
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAKASHAN — вакашский Относящийся к группе индейских языков мосанской семьи [Mosan], распространенных главным образом в Канаде; на территории США представлена языками племен мака …
WAKASHAN — вакашский Относящийся к группе индейских языков мосанской семьи , распространенных главным образом в Канаде; на территории США представлена языками племен …
WAKASHAN — n. Pronunciation: wo ̇ - ' ka-sh ə n, ' wo ̇ - ˌ Function: noun Etymology: Nootka wa · …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NOOTKA — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: ~ Sound, Vancouver Island Date: 1796 a member of a group of American Indian …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MAKAH — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Clallam (Salishan language of the northern Olympic Peninsula) màq̓áʔa Date: 1855 a member of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NOOTKA — or (since 1980) Nuu-chah-nulth Any of several bands of Northwest Coast Indian people of southwestern Vancouver Island, B.C., Can. , …
Английский словарь Британика
KWAKIUTL — Northwest Coast Indian people who live along the shores of Vancouver Island, B.C., Can. , and the mainland opposite. They …
Английский словарь Британика
WAKASH — noun see wakashan
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOOTKA — ˈnu̇tkə, ˈnüt- noun ( plural nootka or nootkas ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a Wakashan people of Vancouver …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOSAN — ˈmōs ə n noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: mos- (from mōs, bōs “four” in various Chemakuan, Wakashan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KWAKIUTL — |kwäkē|(y)üd ə l, (ˈ)kwä|k(y)ü- noun ( plural kwakiutl or kwakiutls ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a Wakashan people …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KITAMAT — noun or kit·i·mat ˌkid.əˈmat ( plural kitamat or kitamats or kitimat or kitimats ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAISLA — ˈhīslə noun ( plural haisla or haislas ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : a Kwakiutl people of British Columbia — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BELLABELLA — ˌbeləˈbelə noun ( plural bellabella or bellabellas ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: alteration of Millbank, British Columbia, Canada 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOOTKA — /nooht"keuh, noot"-/ , n. , pl. Nootkas , ( esp. collectively ) Nootka for 2. 1. a Wakashan language spoken …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAKAH — /meuh kaw"/ , n. , pl. Makahs , ( esp. collectively ) Makah for 1. 1. a member of an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KWAKIUTL — /kwah'kee ooht"l/ , n. 1. a member of a North American Indian people of Vancouver Island and the adjacent British …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BELLABELLA — /bel'euh bel"euh/ , n. , pl. Bellabellas , ( esp. collectively ) Bellabella for 1. 1. a member of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOOTKA — noun ( plural Nootka or Nootkas ) Etymology: Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island Date: 1796 1. : a member of a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAKAH — noun ( plural Makah or Makahs ) Etymology: Clallam (Salishan language of the northern Olympic Peninsula) màq̓áʔa Date: 1855 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOOTKA — [ 'nu:tkə , 'nʊt- ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) 1》 a member of an American Indian …
Concise Oxford English vocab
KWAKIUTL — [ 'kwα:ˌkjʊt(ə)l ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) 1》 a member of an American Indian people of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NOOTKA — [Noot.ka] n, pl Nootka or Nootkas (1841) 1: a member of a Wakashan people inhabiting the West Coast of Vancouver …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN — Distribution of Northwest Coast Indians. member of any of the aboriginal North American peoples inhabiting a narrow belt of Pacific …
Britannica English vocabulary
NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH — also called Peyotism, or Peyote Religion most widespread indigenous religious movement among North American Indians and one of the most …
Britannica English vocabulary
KWAKIUTL — Indians of the northwest Pacific coast of North America. The Kwakiutl live in British Columbia, Canada, along the shores of …
Britannica English vocabulary

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