kashim
[ kash-im, kah-shim ]
noun
a building traditionally used by the Yupik and Inuit in the Arctic as a community gathering place or as a place where men congregate and socialize.
Origin of kashim
1First recorded in 1850–55, kashim is from the Yupik word qasgiq
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