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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A vaguely ancestral anthropomorphic spirit being, associated with clouds and rain or personifying the power in the sun, the earth, or corn (among other things).
2. 2
   a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift wordnet
3. 3
   A wooden doll, as might be given to a child, which represents such a being.
4. 4
   a deified spirit of the Pueblo people wordnet
5. 5
   A masked dancer who represents such a being in a ceremonial dance or masked ceremony.

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6. 6
   a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

kachina dollkachina figure

Etymology

Borrowed from Hopi katsina.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.