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
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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
Phillips found that the enemy had indeed retired from Kaska and retreated to Turchesova, some thirty-five miles up the valley.
From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Lewis E. Jahns
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
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
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, loaded with favours, thought fate reconciled to him for ever.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by L. (Laura) Valentine
He then entered into a minute detail of the adventure of Kaskas with regard to the pearls.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by L. (Laura) Valentine
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