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TSIMSHIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tsimshian mean? 

TSIMSHIAN (noun)
  The noun TSIMSHIAN has 2 senses:

1. a member of a Penutian people who lived on rivers and a sound in British Columbiaplay

2. a Penutian language spoken by the Tsimshianplay

  Familiarity information: TSIMSHIAN used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TSIMSHIAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a Penutian people who lived on rivers and a sound in British Columbia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Tsimshian" is a kind of...):

Penutian (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A Penutian language spoken by the Tsimshian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Tsimshian" is a kind of...):

Penutian (a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California)


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