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Atna [aht-nuh] Examples noun
Ahtna [aht-nuh] noun, plural Aht·nas, (especially collectively) Aht·na for 1.
- a member of a group of Indians inhabiting the Copper River Valley in southeastern Alaska.
- the Athabaskan language of the Ahtna.
Also Ah·te·na [aht-n-uh, aht-nuh] /ˈɑt n ə, ˈɑt nə/, At·na [aht-nuh] /ˈɑt nə/. Origin of Ahtna Russian Atna a name for the Copper River Ahtna ʔatnaʔ the lower Copper River (place-name of obscure origin) Examples from the Web for atna Historical Examples of atna
(north-east of Greenland) to the mouth of the Copper river or Atna (west of Alaska).
Joseph Deniker
In regard to the Atna I have a statement of my own to correct, or at any rate to modify.
Robert Gordon Latham
Their language is said to be a mixture of the Kenay, Unalashkan, and Atna.
Robert Gordon Latham
Of the Atna dialects, it seems most to approach the Piskwaus.
Robert Gordon Latham
The Atna Indians were dressed in skins with the hair outside, and were armed with bows and arrows.
Sir Harry Johnston