TSIMSHIAN

Meaning of TSIMSHIAN in English

noun (plural -an or -ans) Etymology: ~ (Coast and Southern ~ languages) c̓msyan, a self-designation, literally, inside the Skeena (River) Date: 1836 a member of a group of American Indian peoples of west central British Columbia and southern Alaska, the family of closely related languages spoken by the ~ peoples

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TSIMSHIAN — One of the peoples of the Northwest Coast Indian s living in the Skeena and Nass river area in west-central …
Английский словарь Британика
TSIMSHIAN — ˈchimshēən, ˈtsi- noun or chimme·sy·an -mzēən, -msē- ( plural tsimshian or tsimshians or chimmesyan or chimmesyans ) Usage: usually capitalized …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TSIMSHIAN — /chim"shee euhn, tsim"-/ , n. , pl. Tsimshians , ( esp. collectively ) Tsimshian . 1. a member of an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TSIMSHIAN — noun ( plural -an or -ans ) Etymology: Tsimshian (Coast and Southern Tsimshian languages) c̓msyan, a self-designation, literally, inside the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TSIMSHIAN — [ 'tʃɪmʃɪən ] ■ noun ( plural same) 1》 a member of an American Indian people of the northern Pacific …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TSIMSHIAN — also spelled Chimmesyan, Indians of the North Pacific Coast of North America, inhabiting the mainland and islands around the Skeena …
Britannica English vocabulary
TSIMSHIAN — Tsimshian BrE AmE ˈsɪm ʃi æn ˈtʃɪm-, -ʃi‿ən ▷ Tsimshian|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TSIMSHIAN — n. One of the peoples of the Northwest Coast Indian s living in the Skeena and Nass river area in …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TSIMSHIAN — 1. 1) цимшиан (устар цимшияне) Индейское племя, населявшее район на крайнем юго-востоке Аляски и в Канаде. Ныне в США проживает более 2,4 …
TSIMSHIAN — 1. 1) цимшиан (уст. цимшияне) Индейское племя, населявшее район на крайнем юго-востоке Аляски и в Канаде. Ныне в США проживает …
TSIMSHIAN — n. Pronunciation: ' chim-sh ē - ə n, ' (t)si- Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -an or -ans Etymology: Tsimshian …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PENUTIAN LANGUAGES — Hypothetical superfamily of North American Indian languages that unites a number of languages and language families mainly of the far …
Английский словарь Британика
NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN — Any member of the North American Indian peoples inhabiting a narrow but rich belt of coastland and offshore islands from …
Английский словарь Британика
PENUTIAN — pəˈnüd.ēən noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Wintun & Maidu pen two + Miwok & Costanoan uti two …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN — noun Usage: usually capitalized N&C&I : a member of any of the peoples living along the Pacific coast from northern …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NISKA — ˈniskə noun ( plural niska or niskas ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a Tsimshian people or group of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KITKSAN — |kitkə|san noun ( plural kitksan or kitksans ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Tsimshian, literally, people of the Skeena river 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHIMMESYAN — Usage: usually capitalized variant of tsimshian
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Britannica English vocabulary
TLINGIT — northernmost Indians of the North Pacific Coast of North America, inhabiting the islands and coastal lands of southern Alaska from …
Britannica English vocabulary
PENUTIAN LANGUAGES — major grouping (phylum or superstock) of American Indian languages, spoken along the west coast of North America from British Columbia …
Britannica English vocabulary
NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN — Distribution of Northwest Coast Indians. member of any of the aboriginal North American peoples inhabiting a narrow belt of Pacific …
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HAIDA — Indians of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, and the southern part of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (the Alaskan …
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CHILKAT WEAVING — narrowly, the robes, or blankets, woven by the Chilkat, northernmost of the Pacific Coast Indians of North America. The Chilkat …
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CANADA GOOSE — Canada goose (Branta canadensis) (species Branta canadensis), a brown-backed, light-breasted goose with black head and neck and white cheeks that …
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BRITISH COLUMBIA, FLAG OF — Canadian provincial flag that is horizontally divided, bearing an elongated Union Jack emblem in its upper half and wavy stripes …
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BRITISH COLUMBIA — westernmost province of Canada. It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean and the U.S. state of Alaska, …
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AMERICAN SUBARCTIC PEOPLES — Distribution of American subarctic cultures. indigenous inhabitants of the subarctic region of Alaska and Canada, with the exception of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
PENUTIAN LANGUAGES — Hypothetical superfamily of North American Indian languages that unites a number of languages and language families mainly of the far …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN — Any member of the North American Indian peoples inhabiting a narrow but rich belt of coastland and offshore islands from …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LANGUAGE — Synonyms and related words : Abnaki, Afghan, Afghani, Afrikaans, Afro-Asiatic, Ainu, Akan, Akkadian, Albanian, Aleut, Algonquian, Algonquin, Amharic, Anatolian, Anatolic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN — 25B6; noun NATIVE AMERICAN, American Indian; dated Red Indian. See list. North American Indian Peoples Abnaki Nez Percé Algonquin Nootka …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

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