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Athapaskan

Athapaskan 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 Athapaskan

pluralAthapaskans

Words formed from Athapaskan

Questions about Athapaskan

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

Words near Athapaskan in the dictionary

  1. athanor
  2. athanors
  3. athans
  4. Athapascan
  5. Athapascans
  6. Athapaskan
  7. Athapaskanist
  8. Athapaskanists
  9. Athapaskans
  10. Athari
  11. Atharism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Athapaskan (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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