Athabascan

See also: athabascan

English

Alternative forms

• Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan

Etymology

From Athabasca +‎ -an, from Cree Ahđapaskâw (literally “where there are plants distributed in a net-like pattern”).

Adjective

Athabascan (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a group of peoples mostly inhabiting Alaska, western Canada, the Pacific coast of California and Oregon, and the Navajo and Apache peoples in the American Southwest.
   • 2015 August 31, The Guardian:

     “I’d like to thank the president for working with us to achieve this significant change to show honour, respect and gratitude to the Athabascan people of Alaska,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican who led the fight for the name change in Congress.

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: Athabaskisch
• French: athabascan (fr)
• Inupiaq: Tinaaq
• Portuguese: atabascano, atabasca, atabasco

Proper noun

Athabascan

1. The family of languages spoken by these peoples.

Derived terms

• Proto-Athabascan

Translations

the family of languages spoken by the Athabascan peoples

• Irish: teangacha Atapascacha f pl
• Portuguese: atabasco m

Noun

Athabascan (plural Athabascans)

1. Any member of these peoples.

See also

• Na-Dene languages on Wikipedia.Wikipedia