Athabascan

== English == === Alternative forms === Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan === Etymology === From Athabasca +‎ -an, from Cree Ahđapaskâw (literally “where there are plants distributed in a net-like pattern”). === Adjective === Athabascan (not comparable) Pertaining to a group of peoples mostly inhabiting Alaska, western Canada, the Pacific coast of California and Oregon, and the Navajo and Apache peoples in the American Southwest. ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Athabascan The family of languages spoken by these peoples. ==== Derived terms ==== Proto-Athabascan ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Athabascan (plural Athabascans) Any member of these peoples. ==== See also ==== Na-Dene languages on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References ===