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Definition of Athabascan
1. Noun. A group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir).
Generic synonyms: American Indian, American-indian Language, Amerind, Amerindian Language, Indian
Specialized synonyms: Apache, Navaho, Navajo, Hupa, Mattole, Chipewyan, Chippewaian, Chippewyan
Geographical relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
2. Noun. A member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska.
Generic synonyms: American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
Specialized synonyms: Apache, Chipewyan, Hupa, Mattole, Navaho, Navajo
Definition of Athabascan
1. Adjective. 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. Sometimes thought to have been the second migration of peoples into the Americas. ¹
2. Proper noun. The family of languages spoken by these peoples. ¹
3. Noun. Any member of these peoples. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Athabascan
Literary usage of Athabascan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1897)
"On the affinities of the Otomi language with athabascan dialects. by DANIEL G.
BRINTON, M. D, LL. D., D. SC. In his Cronica Serafica del ..."
2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1846)
"Tribes of the athabascan family occupy the country about the sources of the Salmon
River, Frazer's Eiver, and the northern tributaries of the Columbia. ..."
3. Russian Orthodox Church Of Alaska And The Aleutian Islands And Its Relation by Vyacheslav Ivanov (1998)
"In his classification Tlingit, North-athabascan languages, and Haida are fused
together which makes him a predecessor of Sapir's Na-Dene hypothesis (the ..."
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