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CHIPEWYAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The language spoken by the Chipewyan

Synonyms:

Chipewyan; Chippewaian; Chippewyan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Chipewyan" is a kind of...):

Athabascan; Athabaskan; Athapascan; Athapaskan; Athapaskan language (a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Chipewyan" is a kind of...):

Athabascan; Athabaskan; Athapascan; Athapaskan (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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