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kachinas

kachinas is the plural of kachina.

Meaning of kachina

Noun

kachina (plural kachinas)

  1. A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or personifying the power in the sun, the earth, or corn (among other things).
  2. A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.
    Synonyms:
    kachina doll, kachina figure
  3. A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.

Noun capitalized: Kachinas

Kachinas

  1. (plural) plural of Kachina

Questions about kachinas

What is kachinas the plural of?
Kachinas is the plural of kachina.
What part of speech is kachinas?
Kachinas is a noun.

Words near kachinas in the dictionary

  1. kachiau
  2. Kachin
  3. Kachin State
  4. kachina
  5. Kachina Woman
  6. kachinas
  7. kaching
  8. kachink
  9. Kachinsky
  10. Kachline
  11. Kachmar

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