Chukchee

[ choo k-chee ]

/ ˈtʃʊk tʃi /

Chukchi.

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Chukchi

[ choo k-chee ]

/ ˈtʃʊk tʃi /

a member of a Paleo-Asiatic people of northeastern Siberia.

the Chukotian language of the Chukchi people, noted for having different pronunciations for men and women.

A Chukchee, dressed in fur and with a spear in his hand, lay face downwards across the pathway.

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Northeast of the Chukchee peninsula he had sketched an extensive country, which Bering had not seen.

Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait |Peter Lauridsen
"Your fame will spread among the Chukchee; you will have no peace now," Buza said to Stefan in the hall.

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Wopatka hastily pulled off his cap and showed the usual conical-shaped Chukchee head.

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She had the Chukchee woman's eyes, and her face, which was rather large, expressed a certain amount of determination.

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Chukchi

/ (ˈtʃʊktʃɪ) /

plural -chi, -chis, -chee or -chees a member of a people of the Chukchi Peninsula

the language of this people, related only to some of the smaller aboriginal languages of Siberia