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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person belonging to the Chukchi nation native to the Chukotka peninsula.
2. 2
   an indigenous and isolated language of unknown origin spoken by the Chukchi that is pronounced differently by men and women wordnet
3. 3
   a member of an indigenous people living on the Chukchi Peninsula wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Relating to or coming from Chukotka. not-comparable

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A Paleosiberian language spoken by Chukchi people in the easternmost extremity of Siberia, mainly in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

chukchachukchi languagechukchi languagechukotluoravetlanluoravetlan

Example

More examples

"My dream is to study Chukchi in Anadyr."

Etymology

From Russian чу́кчи (čúkči), plural of чу́кча (čúkča), derived from Chukchi [script needed] (chauchu), meaning "rich in reindeer".

Related phrases

Chukchi-Koryakchukchi sea

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