Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tsimshian
2 senses of tsimshian
Sense 1
Tsimshian -- (a member of a Penutian people who lived on rivers and a sound in British Columbia)
=> Penutian -- (a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages)
Sense 2
Tsimshian -- (a Penutian language spoken by the Tsimshian)
=> Penutian -- (a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California)