Athabascan

Meanings

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.

Proper Noun

• The family of languages spoken by these peoples.

Noun

• Any member of these peoples.

Origin

• From Athabasca + -an, from Cree Athap-askaw.