Kaska
Americannoun
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Kaskas,
plural
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Kaska
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a member of a group of First Nations of northern British Columbia and southern Yukon Territory.
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the Athabascan language of the Kaska.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Kaska
After the Kaska name for McDame Creek in the Cassiar region of northern British Columbia
Example Sentences
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“We want to know if they’re OK if they’re not there,” Kaska said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
If Misty Kaska hadn’t found a coupon for Panda Express .
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2017
Also at the gathering, Colleen Kaska attended to her 91-year-old father, Daniel, who was weak and lying on cushions but still singing faintly along to the traditional songs.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2017
He is also survived by a brother, Ron, and a sister, Barbara Kaska.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2015
"But if Kaska or Hanka had a hundred thousand pounds?" asked Swidwicki.
From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Orpheus, with eye-filling Jones settings, gave a comparative youngster, yellow-haired Contralto Anna Kaskas, a chance to let loose as the hero.
From Time Magazine Archive
On this confession, which appeared to the jeweller an acknowledgment of guilt, he took Kaskas by the hand and carried him before the civil magistrate, accusing him of having stolen his pearls.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by L. (Laura) Valentine
Kaskas, shocked with a prophecy so contrary to his own inclination, attempted to prove the prediction false.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by L. (Laura) Valentine
Kaskas related to him all that had happened since they parted.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by L. (Laura) Valentine
Kaskas was much ashamed of the precautions which he had taken, and of the suspicions which he had allowed himself to entertain.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by L. (Laura) Valentine
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