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Kachina Common

Kachina has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

a deified spirit of the Pueblo people

3

a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift

4

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).

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
dancer spirit doll
Rhyming Words
ina vina rina lina sina tina pina mina eina jina bina dina gina kina nina fina zina aina elina amina
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