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Definition of Chippewyan
1. Noun. The language spoken by the Chipewyan.
Generic synonyms: Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athapaskan Language
Definition of Chippewyan
1. Proper noun. A people of the Arctic region of Canada. ¹
2. Proper noun. The Athabaskan language of this people. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chippewyan
Literary usage of Chippewyan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. America and the West Indies: Geographically Described by George Long, George Tucker, George Richardson Porter, Wilhelm Wittich (1845)
"Situation, Extent, Area, and Population. 2. Natural Divisions. 3 Chippewyan, or
Rochy Mountains, south of Ike mountain knot of Sierra Verde (40° and 42° A7. ..."
2. Across the Sub-Arctics of Canada: A Journey of 3,200 Miles by Canoe and by James Williams Tyrrell (1897)
"FORT Chippewyan is an old and important trading- post of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Before many of our Canadian and American cities came into existence, ..."
3. The Routes and Mineral Resources of North Western Canada by E. Jerome Dyer (1898)
"Distances to points on Peace River from Fort Chippewyan on Athabasca Lake.
(See part M, Section, 10.) Distances on the Llard, Dease and Francis Rivers. ..."
4. The Polar Regions of the Western Continent Explored: Embracing a by William Joseph Snelling (1831)
"... and traders from the different posts in the department arrived at Fort Chippewyan
with their cargoes of furs. CHAPTER V. News from Great Slave Lake. ..."
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