Chukchi
noun
a member of a Paleo-Asiatic people of northeastern Siberia.
Chukchis
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pluralof Chukchi.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Using his genome as a basis, a team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen determined that the Saqqaq man’s closest living relatives were the Chukchis, people who live at the easternmost tip of Siberia.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2010
His ancestors split apart from Chukchis some 5,500 years ago, according to genetic calculations, implying that the Saqqaq people’s ancestors must have traveled across the northern edges of North America until they reached Greenland.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2010
Kozhevin returned from his visit to the Chukchis north of Anadyrsk, bringing as we expected later and fuller particulars with regard to the party of exiled Americans south of Bering Strait.
From Tent Life in Siberia by George Kennan
I had been trying it one clear cold day out-of-doors, and quite a crowd of Chukchis and Yukagirs had gathered around me to see what I was doing.
From Tent Life in Siberia by George Kennan
It is certain, however, that no one of the four great wandering tribes of north-eastern Siberia, Koraks, Chukchis, Tunguses, and Lamutkis, uses in any way the reindeer's milk.
From Tent Life in Siberia by George Kennan
