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Chippewyan

Chippewyan is the alternative form of Chipewyan.

Meaning of Chipewyan

Noun

Chipewyan (plural Chipewyans or Chipewyan)

  1. A member of a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan.
    • In addition to their leatherwork, woodwork, stonework, and bonework, the Chipewyan also worked in metal.2006, Carl Waldman, Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, page 65

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Forms of Chippewyan

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Questions about Chippewyan

What is Chippewyan the alternative form of?
Chippewyan is the alternative form of Chipewyan.

Words near Chippewyan in the dictionary

  1. Chippewans
  2. Chippewas
  3. Chippeway
  4. Chippeways
  5. Chippewe
  6. Chippewyan
  7. Chippewyans
  8. chippie
  9. chippie sauce
  10. chippied
  11. chippier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chippewyan (page history and authors); Chipewyan (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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