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US
/ˈtʃuktʃi/
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NOUN
- an indigenous and isolated language of unknown origin spoken by the Chukchi that is pronounced differently by men and women
- a member of an indigenous people living on the Chukchi Peninsula
How To Use Chukchi In A Sentence
- In the northern Bering and southern Chukchi Seas, primary production occurs over a shallow shelf (50 to 200 m) and as the zooplankton and bacterioplankton cannot fully deplete this carbon source, it is either transferred to the benthos or advected downstream [17]. Carbon cycle and climate change in the Arctic
- Women's status in traditional Chukchi society was clearly inferior to that of men.
- The content of sulphate reducing bacteria (SRB)of the 35 sediment samples was determined by using MPN technique in the survey areas of Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea.
- Two of those are also in the Chukchi, which is estimated to hold 77 billion barrels of oil — compared to 22 billion in current U.S. proven reserves. Drilling Bits
- Sculpture and carving on bone and walrus tusk are the most highly developed forms of folk art among the Chukchi.
- The lawsuit filed in U. S. District Court in Anchorage claims that federal officials violated laws designed to protect the animals and their sensitive habitat in the Arctic waters of the Chukchi Sea.
- Arctic Ocean Chukchi Sea is a marginal sea, located in the northeast Asian continent and the Chukchi Peninsula in northwestern North American continent between Alaska Peninsula.
- They steamed out of the Chukchi Sea and into the Bering Strait in a cold gusting wind, right on the Arctic Circle. BARRACUDA 945
- Shell still needs to win approval of its drilling plan for the Chukchi, which is west of the Beaufort Sea and more remote. NYT > Home Page
- Look, you don't call a Chukchi 'reindeer herder,' because that's his occupation; he's a Chukchi first. Russia's Holy Warriors
