Koryak
Americannoun
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a member of a Paleo-Asiatic people of northeastern Siberia.
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the Chukotian language of the Koryak people, closely related to Chukchi.
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After four long days, the caravan at last arrived at the scene Kryachko had described: a trickle of frigid water winding through strange blue-green clay in the foothills of the Koryak Mountains.
From Scientific American • Jun. 18, 2014
According to the Koryak ideas, the whales, like all other animals, constitute one tribe, or rather family, of related individuals, who live in villages like the Koryak.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
But this is merely a trade jargon, a hotchpotch of Eskimo, Chukchi, Koryak, English and even Hawaiian.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
A fuller account of the Koryak ceremonies is given by a more recent writer.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
For the Koryak see his monograph in the same series, Vol.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
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