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Kaska

Kaska is the ellipsis of Kaska Dena.

Kaska is the ellipsis of Kaska language.

Kaska is the ellipsis of Kaska Nation.

Kaska is the alternative form of Kaskian.

Meaning of Kaskian

Noun

Kaskian (plural Kaskians)

  1. A member of the Kaskian tribal confederation

See all 3 meanings of Kaskian

Proper noun

Kaska (plural Kaskas)

  1. A surname from Czech.

Synonyms of Kaska

Forms of Kaska

pluralKaskas

Origin of Kaska

From Kaska.

Learned borrowing from Hittite, of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the name of Circassia.

* As a Polish, Czech and Slovak surname, from Kaska or Kaška, pet form of the personal name Kazimír. Compare Kazimir. * Also as a Czech and Slovak surname, diminutive of kaša (“porridge”), compare Kasa. * Also as a Slovak surname, Kaška, a nickname from kaška (“primula veris”). * As a German surname, variant of Kaske, itself Germanized from Slavic forms of Lukas, as well as the noun kaczka (“duck”).

Questions about Kaska

What does Kaska mean?
Kaska means a surname from Czech.
What is Kaska the ellipsis of?
Kaska is the ellipsis of Kaska Dena.
What part of speech is Kaska?
Kaska is a proper noun.

Words near Kaska in the dictionary

  1. Kasingers
  2. kasippu
  3. Kasira
  4. kasiri
  5. kasj
  6. Kaska
  7. kaskara
  8. kaskaras
  9. Kaskas
  10. Kaskaskia
  11. Kaskian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kaska (page history and authors); Kaskian (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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