Ahtna

[ aht-nuh ]

noun,plural Aht·nas, (especially collectively) Aht·na for 1.
  1. a member of a group of Indians inhabiting the Copper River Valley in southeastern Alaska.

  2. the Athabascan language of the Ahtna.

Origin of Ahtna

1
First 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 Latham
  • Their language is said to be a mixture of the Kenay, Unalashkan, and Atna.

    Opuscula | Robert Gordon Latham
  • Of the Atna dialects, it seems most to approach the Piskwaus.

    Opuscula | Robert Gordon Latham
  • The 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