Koryak
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Koryaks,
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Koryak
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a member of a Paleo-Asiatic people of northeastern Siberia.
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the Chukotian language of the Koryak people, closely related to Chukchi.
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After four long days, the caravan at last arrived at the scene Kryachko had described: a trickle of frigid water winding through strange blue-green clay in the foothills of the Koryak Mountains.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 18, 2014
But this is merely a trade jargon, a hotchpotch of Eskimo, Chukchi, Koryak, English and even Hawaiian.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
The Koryak guardians of occupations and houses may be of the nature of such objects of worship in the clans,1081 and so also the Patagonian family-gods.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
A fuller account of the Koryak ceremonies is given by a more recent writer.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
When a party of Koryak have killed a bear or a wolf, they skin the beast and dress one of themselves in the skin.
From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
Sedanka is home mainly to Koryaks and Itelmens - indigenous groups who, under wartime rules, can be exempted from mobilisation.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
As a proportion of males between the ages of 18 and 60, this equates to an estimated 2% of Chukchi, 1.4% of Russian Inuits, 1.32% of Koryaks and 0.8% of Khanty.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Elsewhere, confirmed losses from indigenous groups include 201 Nenets, 96 Chukchi, 77 Khanty, 30 Koryaks and seven Inuit.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
With the Chukchi, the Koryaks, the Kamchadales, and the Gilyaks they form a separate branch of the Mongolic division sometimes grouped together as "Hyperboreans," but distinguished from other Ural-Altaic peoples perhaps strictly on linguistic grounds.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
On the other hand, if there are plenty of wild reindeer, as amongst the Koryaks and some of the Chukchis, hunting by itself suffices.
From Anthropology by R. R. (Robert Ranulph) Marett
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