kashim

American  

[kash-im, kah-shim] / ˈkæʃ ɪm, ˈkɑ ʃɪm /

noun

1. a building traditionally used by the Yupik and Inuit in the Arctic as a community gathering place or as a place where men congregate and socialize.

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Etymology

Origin of kashim

First recorded in 1850–55, kashim is from the Yupik word qasgiq

Example Sentences

Kosovo's former president and guerrilla leader Hashim Thaci called the war crimes charges against him "entirely untrue and utterly absurd" Wednesday on the final day of his marathon trial in The Hague.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

For the residents of the El Miskin camp for internally displaced persons, on the outskirts of town, there is no "business, no farmland, no proper living conditions, no schools", said camp chairman Hashim El Miskin.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

But as U.S. deputy solicitor general Hashim Mooppan noted, only 15 of Congress’s roughly 60 current black Members represent such districts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

It didn't really feel like Christmas because it was hot and I was contemplating how I was going to bowl to Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers and the rest the following day.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

Its political condition had never been very stable, and it seems to have preserved during the Omeyyad ascendancy the same loose but roughly effective organisation that it possessed under the Hashim branch.

From Mahomet Founder of Islam by Draycott, Gladys M.