English noun: Athapascan |
1. | Athapascan (person) 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 |
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| Synonyms | Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapaskan |
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| Broader (hypernym) | American Indian, Indian, Red Indian |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Apache, Chipewyan, Hupa, Mattole, Navaho, Navajo |
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2. | Athapascan (communication) a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir) |
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| Synonyms | Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapaskan, Athapaskan language |
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| Broader (hypernym) | American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, Indian |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Apache, Chipewyan, Chippewaian, Chippewyan, Hupa, Mattole, Navaho, Navajo |
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| Domain region | America, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA |
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