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  • proper noun Plural form of Chukchi.

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Examples

  • His closest contemporaries are from Arctic eastern Siberia: ethnic groups called the Chukchis, the Koryaks and Naganasans -- a finding also bolstered by a similar A+ blood group.

    Zee News : India National 2010

  • His closest contemporaries are from Arctic eastern Siberia: ethnic groups called the Chukchis, the Koryaks and Naganasans -- a finding also bolstered by a similar A+ blood group.

    Zee News : India National 2010

  • As for being unfair to Chukchis, pray notice that as I was a Jewish kid with a stutter and a lisp, people around me needed not to go far to find a butt for their funny jokes.

    languagehat.com: CACOPHONY? 2005

  • In the north, the Samoyeds, Chukchis, and Kamchadales have the reindeer and dog, while the horse and ox are everywhere the companions of man in the peopled regions of Siberia.

    Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

  • Tunguses, Manchus, Samoyeds, Ostiaks, Tatars, Chukchis, etc. No small part of the Russian population consists of convicts transported to

    From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

  • Chukchis were able to come out on foot to the vessel.

    From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

  • The Chukchis were honest and decent people, and the only roguery they permitted themselves was to try and persuade the men of the _Vega_ that

    From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

  • No watch was kept at the depôt, and though the Chukchis knew that valuable goods lay under the sails, they never touched a thing.

    From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

  • Of course they became the best of friends with the Chukchis.

    From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

  • Chukchis brought willow bushes from the valleys beyond the mountains to the south, and branches were fastened round a trunk of driftwood.

    From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

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