Main Entry:

Tsim·shi·an

Pronunciation:

\ˈchim-shē-ən, ˈ(t)si-\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural Tsim·shi·an or Tsim·shi·ans

Etymology:

Tsimshian (Coast and Southern Tsimshian languages) c̓msyan, a self-designation, literally, inside the Skeena (River)

Date:

1836

1 : a member of a group of American Indian peoples of west central British Columbia and southern Alaska 2 : the family of closely related languages spoken by the Tsimshian peoples