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Chip⋅e⋅wy⋅an

  [chip-uh-wahy-uhn]
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–noun, plural -ans, (especially collectively) -an for 1.
1. a member of a North American Indian tribe that inhabits northwestern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Rocky Mountains.
2. the Athabaskan language spoken by the Chipewyan.
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Chip·e·wy·an   (chĭp'ə-wī'ən)   
n.   pl. Chipewyan or Chip·e·wy·ans

    1. A Native American people made up of numerous autonomous bands inhabiting a large area of northern Canada north of the Churchill River. Formerly nomadic caribou hunters, the Chipewyan became settled fur traders during the 18th century.

    2. A member of this people.

  2. The Athabaskan language of the Chipewyan.


[Cree čīpwayān, parka wearer : cīpw-, pointed + ayān, skin.]
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Chipewyan

Athabaskan-speakingAthabaskan-speaking North American Indians of northern Canada. They originally inhabited a large triangular area with a base along the 1,000-mile-long (1,600 km) Churchill River and an apex some 700 miles (1,100 km) to the north; the land comprises boreal forests divided by stretches of barren ground

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