| 单词 |
Yahgan |
| 释义 |
Yahgan|ˈjɑːgən|
Also Yaghan, -ane.
[App. a native name.]
(A member of) one of the three indigenous peoples of Tierra del Fuego, found in the most southerly part of the islands. Also attrib. or as adj.
1884Proc. R. Geogr. Soc. VI. 348 The natives, who inhabit Tierra del Fuego and this archipelago of Cape Horn, belong to three principal tribes:..(iii.) the Yaghanes, inhabiting both banks of the Beagle Passage and all the islands in the south of the archipelago. Ibid. 349 The Yaghane..passes his time squatting in his hut. 1961G. Clark World Prehistory ix. 238 (heading) Yahgan, Ona and Alacu peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Ibid., The Yahgan and their neighbours the Ona and Alacu maintained down to modern times the most southerly settlements of mankind. 1972Bk. of Thousand Tongues (rev. ed.) 459/1 The Yahgan language, which once comprised five mutually intelligible dialects, is related to no other known tongue. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VIII. 1159/2 The Yahgan are canoe-using fishermen and shellfish gatherers. 1983Times 9 July (Saturday Suppl.) 2/8 Of the poor, ill-clad and wretched Yahganes there is only one left. |
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