Tsimshian

[ tsim-shee-uhn ]

noun,plural Tsim·shi·ans, (especially collectively) Tsim·shi·an for 1.
  1. a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of the coastal region of British Columbia and Annette Island, Alaska.

  2. the languages of the Tsimshian, sometimes considered part of the Penutian family.

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Tsimshian or their languages.

Origin of Tsimshian

1
First recorded in 1830–40; from Tsimshian; literally, “inside the Skeena River”; see Skeena

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British Dictionary definitions for Tsimshian

Tsimshian

/ (ˈtʃɪmʃɪən) /


noun
  1. a member of a Native Canadian people of northern British Columbia

  2. the Penutian language of this people

Origin of Tsimshian

1
C19: from Tsimshian, inside the Skeena River

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