Gwich'in

English

Alternative forms

• Gwitchin, Kutchin

Etymology

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Noun

Gwich'in pl (plural only)

1. An ethnic group native to the northern Yukon Territory and adjacent parts of Alaska.

   Synonym: (dated) Loucheux

   • 2009, Alan D. McMillan, Eldon Yellowhorn, First Peoples In Canada, →ISBN, page 246:

     Climate varies from among the harshest in the Subarctic in the northern territory of the Gwich'in to more benign among the Carrier in the south.

   • 2010, Richard J. Preston, A Kindly Scrutiny of Human Nature: Essays in Honour of Richard Slobodin, →ISBN:

     It is not a Gwich'in history, nor is it a self-conscious effort to use Gwich'in structures of knowledge.

   • 2013, James Minahan, Ethnic Groups of the Americas: An Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 162:

     This history of the Gwich'in people is mostly unknown due to the lack of a written language.

Proper noun

Gwich'in

1. The Athabaskan language of this people.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Gwich'in terms