Tanana

American  

[tan-uh-nah, -naw] / ˈtæn əˌnɑ, -ˌnɔ /

noun

• Tananas,
  plural
• Tanana
  plural

1. a river flowing northwest from eastern Alaska to the Yukon River. About 650 miles (1,045 km) long.

2. a member of a North American Indian people of the Tanana River drainage basin in east-central Alaska.

3. the Athabascan language of the Tanana.

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Tanana British  

/ ˈtænənɑː /

noun

1. a river in central Alaska, rising in the Wrangell Mountains and flowing northwest to the Yukon River. Length: about 765 km (475 miles)

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Tanana
  plural
• Tananas
  plural

Example Sentences

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Tanana Tananas

Evelynn Combs, a Healy Lake member, grew up in the Tanana Valley, exploring dig sites as a kid and taking in what she learned from archaeologists.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024

Still, the project is an important indicator of the tribe’s commitment to water conservation, said Heather Tanana, a visiting law professor at the University of California, Irvine and citizen of the Navajo Nation.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

Guest: Heather Tanana, assistant professor of law at the University of Utah and citizen of the Navajo Nation.

From Slate ● May 23, 2023

Andrew Marks recently moved back to Tanana, a community of about 190 people in Alaska’s interior.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2021

As they rolled down from the forested ridges above the Tanana River, Alex gazed across the expanse of windswept muskeg stretching to the south.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

But only when I got out of high school did I start to get into the more contemporary people, people like Tananas, which was an integrated band, and Juluka, which was an integrated band.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ruth's father was chief of the Tananas, and objected, like the rest of the tribe.

From The Son of the Wolf by Jack London

I have it from the lips of a great hunter of the Tananas.

From The Spoilers by Rex Ellingwood Beach