Nakhi

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noun

An ethnic group centered in the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China.

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Meanings

nounNakhi pl (plural only)

alternative Na-Khi · alternative Nashi

  1. pluralplural onlyAn ethnic group centered in the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China.

    I wanted to know if the Nakhi folktales were different, given that they originated in a matriarchal society. Mu Ji Xin. a Nakhi friend, helped me find a collection of tales that had been translated from Nakhi to Chinese.

    1997, Carolyn Han, Tales from Within the Clouds: Nakhi Stories of China, →ISBN, page x

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Anagrams

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APA

Nakhi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nakhi

MLA

“Nakhi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nakhi. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nakhi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nakhi.

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