Tsi·mshi·an (ch m sh - n, tsm-)n. pl. Tsimshian or Tsi·mshi·ans 1. a. A Native American people inhabiting a coastal area of western British Columbia and extreme southeast Alaska. b. A member of this people. 2. The family of languages spoken by the Tsimshian and related peoples. |
Tsimshian [ˈtʃɪmʃɪən]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of a Native Canadian people of northern British Columbia
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the Penutian language of this people
[from Tsimshian, inside the Skeena River]
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| Noun | 1. |  Tsimshian - a member of a Penutian people who lived on rivers and a sound in British ColumbiaPenutian - a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages |
| 2. |  Tsimshian - a Penutian language spoken by the TsimshianPenutian - a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California |
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