KACHINA

Meaning of KACHINA in English

[ kə'tʃi:nə ]

(also katsina )

■ noun ( plural ~s ) a deified ancestral spirit in the mythology of Pueblo Indians.

↘(also ~ dancer ) a dancer representing such a spirit.

Origin

from Hopi kacina 'supernatural'.

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

KACHINA — also katchina or katcina noun Etymology: Hopi qacína Date: 1888 one of the deified ancestral spirits believed among the Hopi …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KACHINA — Ancestral spirit of the Pueblo Indians . There are more than 500 of these spirits, who act as intermediaries between …
Английский словарь Британика
KACHINA — noun or ka·tci·na also ka·tchi·na or ca·chi·na kəˈchēnə ( -s ) Etymology: Hopi qačina supernatural 1. : one of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KACHINA — /keuh chee"neuh/ , n. 1. any of various ancestral spirits deified by the Hopi Indians and impersonated in religious rituals …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KACHINA — n. any of a number of ancestral spirits of the Hopi Indian tribe
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
KACHINA — also ka·tchi·na or ka·tci·na kə-ˈchē-nə Etymology: Hopi qacína Date: 1888 1. : one of the deified ancestral spirits believed among …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KACHINA — [ka.chi.na] n [Hopi qacina] (1888) 1: one of the deified ancestral spirits believed among the Hopi and other Pueblo Indians …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KACHINA — in Pueblo Indian religious practice, any of more than 500 divine ancestral spirits who act as intermediaries between man and …
Britannica English vocabulary
KACHINA — n. 1 an American Indian ancestral spirit. 2 (in full kachina dancer) a person who represents a kachina in ceremonial …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KACHINA — n. 1 an American Indian ancestral spirit. 2 (in full kachina dancer) a person who represents a kachina in ceremonial …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KACHINA — n.1 an American Indian ancestral spirit. 2 (in full kachina dancer) a person who represents a kachina in ceremonial dances. …
Oxford English vocab
KACHINA — n. Ancestral spirit of the Pueblo Indians . There are more than 500 of these spirits, who act as intermediaries …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
KACHINA — [Native American] Generally kachinas refer to any masked figure or doll. But in the mythic sense and ritual significance they …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
KACHINA — качина 1) Дух невидимых жизненных сил в религии и фольклоре индейцев пуэбло [Pueblo] 2) Танцор, изображающий качина [kachina] во время обрядовых плясок 3) …
KACHINA — качина 1) Дух невидимых жизненных сил в религии и фольклоре индейцев пуэбло 2) Танцор, изображающий качина во время обрядовых плясок …
KACHINA — n. Variant: also ka · tchi · na or ka · tci · na Pronunciation: k ə - ' ch …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
KACHINA DOLL — noun see kachina 3
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KACHINA DOLL — /keuh chee"neuh/ a Hopi Indian doll carved from cottonwood root in representation of a kachina and given as a gift …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHALAKO KACHINA DANCE — пляска качин Шалако Обряд, совершаемый в конце ноября или начале декабря у индейцев зуни. Самая зрелищная из всех плясок качин индейцев …
SHALAKO KACHINA DANCE — пляска качин Шалако Обряд, совершаемый в конце ноября или начале декабря у индейцев зуни. Самая зрелищная из всех плясок качин …
KATCINA — I. noun see: kachina see: katchina
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KATCHINA — or katcina see: kachina
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ZUNI — North American Pueblo Indian people living in west-central New Mexico, U.S. They call themselves Ashiwi. Their origin and early history …
Английский словарь Британика
POPÉ — died 1692, San Juan Pueblo, New Spain Tewa Believing he was guided by tribal ancestral spirits ({{link=kachina">kachina s), Popé led …
Английский словарь Британика
NATURAL BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT — National monument, southeastern Utah, U.S. Comprising three large natural bridges carved by two winding streams, it was established in 1908. …
Английский словарь Британика
NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS — Literary, performing, and visual arts of the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere. Folktales have long been a part of …
Английский словарь Британика
PUEBLO INDIANS — the historic descendants of the prehistoric Anasazi peoples (see Anasazi culture) who live in several locations in northeastern Arizona and …
Britannica English vocabulary
NATURAL BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT — three natural sandstone bridges, carved by two winding streams that formed on the western slopes of Elk Ridge, in southeastern …
Britannica English vocabulary
NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS — arts of the aboriginal Americans, often called American Indians. The art itself is often referred to as Indian art. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
WUYA — [Native American] The chief Kachinas, the wuya were given special status as being the most moral and ethical of the …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
SHALAKO — Шалако В мифологии индейцев зуни [Zuni] шесть птицеобразных качин [kachina] гигантского роста. В обрядовых плясках куклы, изображающие их, управляются двумя танцорами …
NIMAN — Ниман (обряд качин Ниман) Девятидневный обряд у индейцев хопи [Hopi], проводимый в июле в честь возвращения духов-качин [kachina] в их подземную …

Concise Oxford English vocab

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