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Athabaskan

Athabaskan is the alternative spelling of Athabascan.

Meaning of Athabascan

Adjective

Athabascan (not comparable)

  1. 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.
    • “I’d like to thank the president for working with us to achieve this significant change to show honour, respect and gratitude to the Athabascan people of Alaska,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican who led the fight for the name change in Congress.2015 August 31, The Guardian

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Forms of Athabaskan

pluralAthabaskans

Words formed from Athabaskan

Questions about Athabaskan

What is Athabaskan the alternative spelling of?
Athabaskan is the alternative spelling of Athabascan.

Words near Athabaskan in the dictionary

  1. Athabascan
  2. Athabascanist
  3. Athabascanists
  4. Athabascans
  5. Athabaska
  6. Athabaskan
  7. Athabaskanist
  8. Athabaskanists
  9. Athabaskans
  10. Athahendhu
  11. athalline

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Athabaskan (page history and authors); Athabascan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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