Hokan

[ hoh-kuhn ]

noun

1. a proposed genetic grouping of American Indian languages comprising otherwise unclassified language families and isolates of California, the U.S. Southwest, and Mexico, including Yana, Pomo, Chumash, and Yuman.

Example Sentences

His situation is not quite the hilarious holiday scene Hokan and his castmates originally envisioned for this year’s show - but Hokan is laughing with them all the same.

From Washington Times

After all, it is the Christmas season, and as theater folk like Hokan often say, the show must go on.

From Seattle Times

They have kept key aspects of their culture intact, like the Havasupai language, which is part of the Hokan family of languages.

From New York Times

In 1998 at Saratoga, Sean won the New York Turf Writer’s Cup, one of the most prestigious steeplechase races of the year, aboard a horse named Hokan.

From New York Times

After a bout of inexplicable bleeding for 36 hours, Hokan collapsed and was rushed to the hospital, where he learned that he had lost nearly half the blood in his body.

From Seattle Times