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kachina
[ kuh-chee-nuh ]
/ kəˈtʃi nə /
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noun
any of various ancestral spirits deified by the Hopi Indians and impersonated in religious rituals by masked dancers.
a Hopi religious ritual at which such masked dancers perform.
a masked dancer impersonating such a spirit at a Hopi religious ritual.
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Also katcina, katchina.
Origin of kachina
1885–90; <Hopi ḳacína<Keresan (Santa Ana) k̉â˙cina (or a cognate word)
Words nearby kachina
Kabwe 1, Kabyle, kachang puteh, kachcha, Kachera, kachina, kachina doll, Kaczynski, Kadai, kadaitcha, Kádár
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How to use kachina in a sentence
The name of this Kachina was Hair Eater, and he was supposed to cut off the hair if he beat the boy, but he never did beat him.
The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi|Hattie Greene LockettThis design closely resembles a pattern that is commonly embroidered upon the large white kachina, or ceremonial blankets.
A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola|Victor Mindeleff and Cosmos MindeleffThe ruins about Kishyuba, connected with the Kachina people, also belong to Tusayan.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895|Jesse Walter Fewkes
British Dictionary definitions for kachina
kachina
/ (kəˈtʃiːnə) /
noun
any of the supernatural beings believed by the Hopi Indians to be the ancestors of living humans
Word Origin for kachina
from Hopi qačina supernatural
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