Associations to the word «Athabascan»
Noun
- Navajo
- Alaska
- Apache
- Northwest
- Indian
- Dialect
- Interior
- Plain
- Lower
- Language
- Inuit
- Fairbanks
- Southern
- Yukon
- Culture
- Upper
- Coast
- River
- Puberty
- Group
- People
- Pueblo
- Na
- Area
- Ritual
- Northern
- Beaver
- Plateau
- Narrative
- Oregon
- Salmon
- Southwest
- Tradition
- Lifestyle
- Sion
- Southeast
- Pm
- Ceremony
- Tribe
- Copper
- Index
- Dance
- Christianity
- Basin
- Camp
- Stick
- Stem
- Ion
- Lake
- Gender
- Columbia
- Canada
- Census
- Speaker
- Role
- Creek
- Nation
- Resident
- Woman
- Tone
- Fish
- Village
- California
- Region
- Ing
- Spirit
- Relation
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
ATHABASCAN, 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.
ATHABASCAN, proper noun. The family of languages spoken by these peoples.
ATHABASCAN, noun. Any member of these peoples.
Dictionary definition
ATHABASCAN, noun. A group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir).
ATHABASCAN, 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.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.