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This page features translations of traditional architectural terms in different languages from Northern America, accompanied by pictures.

This resource provides an accessible way to learn and compare architectural elements from various languages and cultures.

Hut

Barabara

Aleut
ulax̂

Aleutian:

Chickee

Seminole:

Corn Crib

Earth Lodge

South Appalachian Mississippian:

Hogan

Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache	Navajo	Western Apache
guughą	hooghan	gowąh

Navajo:

Igloo

Inuktitut
ᐃᒡᓗ iglu

Inuit:

Jacal

Puebloan:

Kiva

Puebloan:

Long House

Iban	Malecite-Passamaquoddy	Montana Salish	Oneida
rumah panjai	qanotuwan	usšnéɫxʷ	kanushésn̲e̲

Qargi

Central Alaskan Yupik:

Quinzhee

Quiggly Hole

Ramada

Sweat Lodge

Ojibwe:

Tipi

Lakota	Western Apache
thípi	kuughá

Blackfoot:

Cheyenne:

Mescalero:

Tupiq

Inuktitut
ᑐᐱᖅ tupiq

Inuktitut:

Wigwam

Abenaki	Blackfoot	Cheyenne	Loup A	Miami	Ojibwe	Penobscot	Potawatomi	Unami	Wampanoag
wigwôm	ookóówa	mâhëö'o	ȣichiȣam	wiikiaami	ᐧᐄᑭᐧᐋᒻ wiigiwaam	wigwom	wigwam	wikëwam	wetu

Apache:

Ojibwe:

Ute:

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Platform Mound

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