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MOSAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Mosan" is a kind of...):
American-Indian language; American Indian; Amerind; Amerindian language; Indian (any of the languages spoken by Amerindians)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Mosan"):
Chemakuan (a group of Mosan languages spoken in Washington)
Salish; Salishan (a family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United States and western Canada)
Wakashan; Wakashan language (a family of North American Indian languages of British Columbia and Washington)