Ahtna

[ aht-nuh ]

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

  2. the Athabascan language of the Ahtna.

Origin of Ahtna

1
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)
  • Also Ah·te·na [aht-n-uh, aht-nuh], /ˈɑt n ə, ˈɑt nə/, At·na [aht-nuh] /ˈɑt nə/ .

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How to use Ahtna in a sentence

  • Hence, there may not only be more Atnas than one, but there actually are more than one.

    Opuscula | Robert Gordon Latham
  • Wrangell believes the Koltschanes, Atnas, and Kolosches to be one people.

  • They fall into two divisions, whereof the nearer can make itself intelligible to the Atnas and Kenays.

    Opuscula | Robert Gordon Latham