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katcina

katcina is the alternative form 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: Katcina

Katcina (plural Katcinas)

  1. (alternative, Hopi religion) Alternative form of kachina.

Forms of katcina

pluralkatcinas
pluralKatcinas

Questions about katcina

What is katcina the alternative form of?
Katcina is the alternative form of kachina.
What part of speech is katcina?
Katcina is a noun.
What is the plural of katcina?
The plural of katcina is katcinas.

Words near katcina in the dictionary

  1. Katchongva
  2. katchoo
  3. katchung
  4. katchuri
  5. katchuris
  6. katcina
  7. katcinas
  8. kate
  9. Kate and Sidney pie
  10. Kate and Sidney pies
  11. Kate and Sydney pie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: katcina (page history and authors); Katcina (page history and authors); kachina (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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