Hupa

Definitions of Hupa
  1. noun
    a member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California
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    Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan
    a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
  2. noun
    the Athapaskan language spoken by the Hupa
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    Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athapaskan language
    a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
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