Definition of

Kachina

  1. (noun, artifact) a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift
  2. (noun, person) a deified spirit of the Pueblo people
  3. (noun, person) a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit

via WordNet, Princeton University

Alternate forms of Kachina

Hypernyms: dancer, disembodied spirit, doll, dolly, professional dancer, spirit, terpsichorean

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