Athapaskan (n.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: athapaskan , athapascan , athabaskan , athabascan ]

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

    [ Syn: athapaskan , athapascan , athabaskan , athabascan , athapaskan language ]

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