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Koloshan

Koloshan proper noun: an indigenous tribe native to the southeastern coast of Alaska.

Proper noun

Koloshan

  1. An indigenous tribe native to the southeastern coast of Alaska.
    • Of this mercantile enterprise of the Alaska Indians, Mr. Louthan says: Whilst the manners and customs of the whole Koloshan race (the tribes residing on the southeastern coast of Alaska) are the same, […]1870, United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, page 535
    • […] Tshilkaat tribes of the T'hlinkit or Koloshan stock.1886, United States. Congress. House, Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, page XLV
  2. A suburb of Chongqing.
    • In January, 1945, a Crafts School was opened at the Ist Warphanage at Koloshan.1946, News of China - Volume 5, Issues 1-5, page 3
    • These children wait for us at Koloshan over three hundred of them.1948, V. Elizabeth Moore, We Go to China with Lady Cripps on a Vivid and Exciting Tour of the New Republic, page 82

Examples of Koloshan in a sentence

  • There are several distinct linguistic stocks here, the Koloshan, the Haidan, Tsimsian, Haeltzukan, and Salishan, […]1891, United States National Museum, Report of the National Museum (part 2, page 282)
  • The Salish, Aht, or Wakash tribes, the Haida, Tsimshian, and Koloshan were all originally head-hunters, but in later times adopted here and there scalping after an intermediary form of procedure.1907, Georg Friedrict, “Scalping in America”, in Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, volume 61, page 430:
  • Whenever time permitted he devoted the whole day to the study of the Koloshan or the Kodiak tongues.1987, Michael Oleksa, Alaskan Missionary Spirituality, page 354:

Questions about Koloshan

What does Koloshan mean?
Koloshan means an indigenous tribe native to the southeastern coast of Alaska.
How do you use Koloshan in a sentence?
There are several distinct linguistic stocks here, the Koloshan, the Haidan, Tsimsian, Haeltzukan, and Salishan, […]
What part of speech is Koloshan?
Koloshan is a proper noun.

Words near Koloshan in the dictionary

  1. kolonok
  2. kolonoks
  3. Kolonowskie
  4. Kolora
  5. kolos
  6. Koloshan
  7. Kolou
  8. Kolouhanpa
  9. kolovrat
  10. kolovratite
  11. kolovrats

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