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Ahtna

[ aht-nuh ]

noun

, plural Aht·nas, (especially collectively) Aht·na
  1. a member of a group of Indians inhabiting the Copper River Valley in southeastern Alaska.
  2. the Athabascan language of the Ahtna.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ahtna1

First recorded in 1875–80; from Russian Atna a name for the Copper River, from Ahtna ʔatnaʔ the lower Copper River (placename of obscure origin)

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