Meaning of amanat | Babel Free
/æməˈnɑːt/Definitions
A Native American hostage taken by Russian colonists.
historical
Examples
“Kuznetsov — his Aleut name is unknown — had been given to Russian fur traders as an amanat (hostage).”
“According to Davydov (1812, 2:54, 132), the chief of the Ugalakhmiut Eyak specially came to Kodiak for a meeting with his son, who was an amanat among the Russians.”
“Toion Fedor accepted Orthodoxy in the winter of 1795–96 when he lived at Kodiak as an amanat.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.