Ahtna
[ aht-nuh ]
noun,plural Aht·nas, (especially collectively) Aht·na for 1.
a member of a group of Indians inhabiting the Copper River Valley in southeastern Alaska.
the Athabascan language of the Ahtna.
Origin of Ahtna
1First recorded in 1875–80; from Russian Atna a name for the Copper River, from Ahtna ʔatnaʔ the lower Copper River (placename of obscure origin)
- Also Ah·te·na [aht-n-uh, aht-nuh], /ˈɑt n ə, ˈɑt nə/, At·na [aht-nuh] /ˈɑt nə/ .
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How to use Ahtna in a sentence
In regard to the Atna I have a statement of my own to correct, or at any rate to modify.
Opuscula | Robert Gordon LathamTheir language is said to be a mixture of the Kenay, Unalashkan, and Atna.
Opuscula | Robert Gordon LathamOf the Atna dialects, it seems most to approach the Piskwaus.
Opuscula | Robert Gordon LathamThe Atna Indians were dressed in skins with the hair outside, and were armed with bows and arrows.
Pioneers in Canada | Sir Harry Johnston(north-east of Greenland) to the mouth of the Copper river or Atna (west of Alaska).
The Races of Man | Joseph Deniker
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