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How to pronounce “potlatch”
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Pronunciation guide for potlatch
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of potlatch with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How to Weave a Cultural Legacy Through Storytelling
our potlatch bans, residential schools,
- Definition summary
- (Canada, US, also figuratively) A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth.
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How to pronounce potlatch
How to Weave a Cultural Legacy Through Storytelling
our potlatch bans, residential schools,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “potlatch”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (Canada, US, also figuratively) A ceremony amongst certain indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest in which gifts are bestowed upon guests and personal property is destroyed in a show of generosity and wealth.
- (Canada, US, chiefly Alaska) A communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share; a potluck.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To give; especially, to give as a gift during a potlatch ceremony.
- (intransitive) To carry out or take part in a potlatch ceremony.
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