CHIMMESYAN

Meaning of CHIMMESYAN in English

Usage: usually capitalized

variant of tsimshian

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

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
POTLATCH — (n.) Among the Kwakiutl, Chimmesyan, and other Indians of the northwestern coast of North America, a ceremonial distribution by a …
Английский словарь Webster
POTLATCH — add. ·noun hence, a feast given to a large number of persons, often accompanied by gifts. 2. potlatch ·add. ·noun …
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TSIMSHIAN — also spelled Chimmesyan, Indians of the North Pacific Coast of North America, inhabiting the mainland and islands around the Skeena …
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