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Gwitchin

Gwitchin is the alternative form of Gwich'in.

Meaning of Gwich'in

Noun

Gwich'in pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An ethnic group native to the northern Yukon Territory and adjacent parts of Alaska.
    • Climate varies from among the harshest in the Subarctic in the northern territory of the Gwich'in to more benign among the Carrier in the south.2009, Alan D. McMillan, Eldon Yellowhorn, First Peoples In Canada, →ISBN, page 246
    Synonyms:
    Loucheux

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Forms of Gwitchin

pluralGwitchins

Questions about Gwitchin

What is Gwitchin the alternative form of?
Gwitchin is the alternative form of Gwich'in.

Words near Gwitchin in the dictionary

  1. Gwinnett
  2. Gwinnett County
  3. Gwinnetts
  4. Gwinns
  5. Gwins
  6. Gwitchin
  7. Gwitchins
  8. Gwithian
  9. Gwladys
  10. GWM
  11. GWMs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Gwitchin (page history and authors); Gwich'in (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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