Athapascan
əˈbæs noun
1.
a family of languages spoken by American Indians in most of inland northwest Canada and Alaska, in coastal Oregon and California, and in Arizona and the Rio Grande basin, and including especially Navajo, Apache, and Chipewyan. Compare family ( def 14 ).
2.
a member of any of various American Indian peoples speaking Athabaskan.
adjective
3.
belonging to or characteristic of the Athabaskans.
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Origin:
1770–80; earlier Athapasca(s), introduced as a term for the Canadian Athabaskans (< Woods Cree ahδapaska·w Lake Athabaska, literally, there are reeds here and there < Proto-Algonquian *aʔlap(y)- net, reticulated + *-ašk- plant + derivational elements) + -an
1770–80; earlier Athapasca(s), introduced as a term for the Canadian Athabaskans (< Woods Cree ahδapaska·w Lake Athabaska, literally, there are reeds here and there < Proto-Algonquian *aʔlap(y)- net, reticulated + *-ašk- plant + derivational elements) + -an
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Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athabascan or Athabaskan (ˌæθəˈpæskən, ˌæθəˈbæskən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho |
| 2. | a speaker of one of these languages |
| [from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds] | |
| Athapaskan, Athapaskan, Athabascan or Athabaskan | |
| —n | |
| [from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds] | |
| Athabascan, Athapaskan, Athabascan or Athabaskan | |
| —n | |
| [from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds] | |
| Athabaskan, Athapaskan, Athabascan or Athabaskan | |
| —n | |
| [from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds] | |
| Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athabascan or Athabaskan (ˌæθəˈpæskən, ˌæθəˈbæskən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho |
| 2. | a speaker of one of these languages |
| [from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds] | |
| Athapaskan, Athapaskan, Athabascan or Athabaskan | |
| —n | |
| [from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds] | |
| Athabascan, Athapaskan, Athabascan or Athabaskan | |
| —n | |
| [from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds] | |
| Athabaskan, Athapaskan, Athabascan or Athabaskan | |
| —n | |
| [from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds] | |
| Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athabascan or Athabaskan (ˌæθəˈpæskən, ˌæθəˈbæskən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho |
| 2. | a speaker of one of these languages |
| [from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds] | |
| Athapaskan, Athapaskan, Athabascan or Athabaskan | |
| —n | |
| [from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds] | |
| Athabascan, Athapaskan, Athabascan or Athabaskan | |
| —n | |
| [from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds] | |
| Athabaskan, Athapaskan, Athabascan or Athabaskan | |
| —n | |
| [from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds] | |
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