quinzhee
/ˈkwɪnzi/(also quinzee, quinzie) North American
noun
A snow shelter of a type originally used by North American Indians, consisting of a mound of snow with a domed chamber dug into it.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in Gerald Durrell (1925–1995), author, naturalist, and animal conservationist. From Slave kǫ́ézhii, lit. ‘in the shelter’, or from a similar form in another Athabaskan language.