Tanana

[ tan-uh-nah, -naw ]

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noun

, plural Tan·a·nas, (especially collectively) Tan·a·na

a river flowing northwest from eastern Alaska to the Yukon River. About 650 miles (1,045 km) long.
a member of a North American Indian people of the Tanana River drainage basin in east-central Alaska.
the Athabascan language of the Tanana.

Tanana

/ ˈtænənɑː /

a river in central Alaska, rising in the Wrangell Mountains and flowing northwest to the Yukon River. Length: about 765 km (475 miles)

A great silence hovered over the forest which bounded the banks of the Tanana River.

All these circumstances give to the Tanana the appearance of equality with the more important stream.

He came in the year 1879, and established a post for the purpose of trafficking in the furs of the Tanana Indians.

It lies on the Tanana River, practically at the head of navigation.

It was bad hunting, and the Tanana people made payment for the bad hunting.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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