Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tsimshian

/ˈsɪmʃiən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: tsimshi-an
IPA: /ˈsɪmʃiən/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a Native American people who inhabited the coastal waters of western British Columbia and southeast Alaska.

name

The Penutian language of this people.

Etymology

Borrowed from Tsimshian Ts'msyen.

Inflected Forms

Tsimshians (plural) Chimmesyan (alternative) Tsimpshean (alternative) Tsimpshian (alternative) Tsimshean (alternative)

Derived Forms

Tsimshianic

Phrases

Coast Tsimshian tsi ⁠

Frequently Paired Words

tsi ⁠

Synonyms

Ts'msyen Shm'algyack Sm'algyax Sm'algya̱x tsimshian language

Questions

How do you pronounce tsimshian?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪmʃiən/.
What does tsimshian mean?: A member of a Native American people who inhabited the coastal waters of western British Columbia and southeast Alaska.
Where does tsimshian come from?: Borrowed from Tsimshian Ts'msyen.

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