Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a people of northeast Siberia.
- noun The language of the Chukchi, noted for being pronounced differently by men and women.
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- adjective Referring to or coming from
Chukotka . - proper noun uncountable A Palaeosiberian
language spoken by Chukchi people in the easternmost extremity ofSiberia , mainly inChukotka Autonomous Okrug . - proper noun countable A
person living in or coming from Chukotka.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an indigenous and isolated language of unknown origin spoken by the Chukchi that is pronounced differently by men and women
- noun a member of an indigenous people living on the Chukchi Peninsula
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Two of those are also in the Chukchi, which is estimated to hold 77 billion barrels of oil — compared to 22 billion in current U.S. proven reserves.
Drilling Bits 2010
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Two of those are also in the Chukchi, which is estimated to hold 77 billion barrels of oil — compared to 22 billion in current U.S. proven reserves.
Drilling Bits 2010
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Two of those are also in the Chukchi, which is estimated to hold 77 billion barrels of oil — compared to 22 billion in current U.S. proven reserves.
Drilling Bits 2010
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In Russia, the Chukchi are the standard target but they do get their revenge:
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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Look, you don't call a Chukchi 'reindeer herder,' because that's his occupation; he's a Chukchi first.
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Look, you don't call a Chukchi 'reindeer herder,' because that's his occupation; he's a Chukchi first.
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Look, you don't call a Chukchi 'reindeer herder,' because that's his occupation; he's a Chukchi first.
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Many Nostraticists wrongly connect it to a seemingly identical first person pronoun ɣem in a Siberian language called Chukchi eg.
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History will tell you that at one time the Russian forces were engaged by the Chukchi, that is a group of native people that are in far Siberia.
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Shell still needs to win approval of its drilling plan for the Chukchi, which is west of the Beaufort Sea and more remote.
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