TSIMSHIAN


Meaning of TSIMSHIAN in English

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

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.