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- proper noun Plural form of
Chukchi .
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His closest contemporaries are from Arctic eastern Siberia: ethnic groups called the Chukchis, the Koryaks and Naganasans -- a finding also bolstered by a similar A+ blood group.
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His closest contemporaries are from Arctic eastern Siberia: ethnic groups called the Chukchis, the Koryaks and Naganasans -- a finding also bolstered by a similar A+ blood group.
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As for being unfair to Chukchis, pray notice that as I was a Jewish kid with a stutter and a lisp, people around me needed not to go far to find a butt for their funny jokes.
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In the north, the Samoyeds, Chukchis, and Kamchadales have the reindeer and dog, while the horse and ox are everywhere the companions of man in the peopled regions of Siberia.
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Tunguses, Manchus, Samoyeds, Ostiaks, Tatars, Chukchis, etc. No small part of the Russian population consists of convicts transported to
From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908
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Chukchis were able to come out on foot to the vessel.
From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908
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The Chukchis were honest and decent people, and the only roguery they permitted themselves was to try and persuade the men of the _Vega_ that
From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908
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No watch was kept at the depôt, and though the Chukchis knew that valuable goods lay under the sails, they never touched a thing.
From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908
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Of course they became the best of friends with the Chukchis.
From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908
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Chukchis brought willow bushes from the valleys beyond the mountains to the south, and branches were fastened round a trunk of driftwood.
From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908
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