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English noun: Athapaskan

1. Athapaskan (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


SynonymsAthabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan


Broader (hypernym)American Indian, Indian, Red Indian


Narrower (hyponym)Apache, Chipewyan, Hupa, Mattole, Navaho, Navajo

2. Athapaskan (communication) a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)


SynonymsAthabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan language


Broader (hypernym)American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, Indian


Narrower (hyponym)Apache, Chipewyan, Chippewaian, Chippewyan, Hupa, Mattole, Navaho, Navajo


Domain regionAmerica, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA









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