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kachina
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun kachina has 3 senses
- kachina(n = noun.person) - a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit; is a kind of dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean
- kachina(n = noun.person) - a deified spirit of the Pueblo people; is a kind of disembodied spirit, spirit
- kachina(n = noun.artifact) - a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift; is a kind of doll, dolly
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kachina, n.
1 an American Indian ancestral spirit.
2 (in full kachina dancer) a person who represents a kachina in ceremonial dances.
1 an American Indian ancestral spirit.
2 (in full kachina dancer) a person who represents a kachina in ceremonial dances.
Idiom
kachina doll a wooden doll representing a kachina.
Etymology
Hopi, = supernatural
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