transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈchim-shē-ən, ˈ(t)si- ]
noun
( plural -an or -ans )
Etymology: Tsimshian (Coast and Southern Tsimshian languages) c̓msyan, 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