Tanana

[ tan-uh-nah, -naw ]

noun

, plural Tan·a·nas, (especially collectively) Tan·a·na

1. a river flowing northwest from eastern Alaska to the Yukon River. About 650 miles (1,045 km) long.
2. a member of a North American Indian people of the Tanana River drainage basin in east-central Alaska.
3. the Athabascan language of the Tanana.

Tanana

/ ˈtænənɑː /

noun

1. a river in central Alaska, rising in the Wrangell Mountains and flowing northwest to the Yukon River. Length: about 765 km (475 miles)

Example Sentences

A great silence hovered over the forest which bounded the banks of the Tanana River.

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All these circumstances give to the Tanana the appearance of equality with the more important stream.

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He came in the year 1879, and established a post for the purpose of trafficking in the furs of the Tanana Indians.

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It lies on the Tanana River, practically at the head of navigation.

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It was bad hunting, and the Tanana people made payment for the bad hunting.

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