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- noun Alternative form of
kachina .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city in northern Nigeria; a major center of the Hausa people
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Examples
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The agility with which this particular katsina moves, and the long lines of his body, are familiar.
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For the girls, katsina dolls tied with boughs of juniper.
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For the girls, katsina dolls tied with boughs of juniper.
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Hanging on the white walls are carved katsina dolls, like the ones that Ruthann told me about weeks ago.
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I wanted to carve katsina dolls, but only Hopi men can do that—women are supposed to carve with their wombs, if you get my drift.
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The agility with which this particular katsina moves, and the long lines of his body, are familiar.
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He holds two katsina dolls, their painted faces glazed by the sun.
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I wanted to carve katsina dolls, but only Hopi men can do that—women are supposed to carve with their wombs, if you get my drift.
VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005
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Hanging on the white walls are carved katsina dolls, like the ones that Ruthann told me about weeks ago.
VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005
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He holds two katsina dolls, their painted faces glazed by the sun.
VANISHING ACTS JODI PICOULT 2005
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