n.
Pronunciation: ' chim-sh ē - ə n, ' (t)si-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -an or -ans
Etymology: Tsimshian (Coast and Southern Tsimshian languages) ć msyan, a self-designation, literally, inside the Skeena (River)
Date: 1836
1 : a member of a group of American Indian peoples of west central British Columbia and southern Alaska
2 : the family of closely related languages spoken by the Tsimshian peoples