Ahtna

[ aht-nuh ]

noun

, plural Aht·nas, (especially collectively) Aht·na

1. a member of a group of Indians inhabiting the Copper River Valley in southeastern Alaska.
2. the Athabascan language of the Ahtna.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ahtna¹

First recorded in 1875–80; from Russian Atna a name for the Copper River, from Ahtna ʔatnaʔ the lower Copper River (placename of obscure origin)