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c̓išaaʔatḥ

c̓išaaʔatḥ noun: tseshaht First Nation spelling of Tseshaht.

Noun

c̓išaaʔatḥ sg or pl

  1. (plural, singular) Tseshaht First Nation spelling of Tseshaht.
    • I’m from the c̓išaaʔatḥ First Nation in Port Alberni. I’m a mother, I’m a wife, I’m a grandmother, I’m a sister, and I’m a proud nuučaan̓uɫ-c̓išaaʔatḥ woman.2024 May 6, “Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth”, in Official Report of Proceedings (Hansard), volume 42, number 31, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2025, page 345
    • On Tuesday, c̓išaaʔatḥ (Tseshaht) announced the results of the first phase of its investigation into the “school” — affirming what many survivors have long known. After scanning just 12 hectares of the 100-hectare research site, c̓išaaʔatḥ’s team found 17 potential unmarked graves. Through...2023 February 22, “‘They were just children’: c̓išaaʔatḥ confirms potential graves at former Alberni residential ‘school’”, in Indiginews, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2025

Origin of c̓išaaʔatḥ

From Nootka c̓išaaʔatḥ, from c̓išaa + -ʔatḥ (“people of”).

Questions about c̓išaaʔatḥ

What does c̓išaaʔatḥ mean?
C̓išaaʔatḥ means tseshaht First Nation spelling of Tseshaht.
What part of speech is c̓išaaʔatḥ?
C̓išaaʔatḥ is a noun.

Words near c̓išaaʔatḥ in the dictionary

  1. cœnæsthetic
  2. cœnœcia
  3. cœnœcium
  4. Cư Kuin
  5. c̄
  6. c̓išaaʔatḥ
  7. c̣
  8. c͞i
  9. c͟h
  10. CμB
  11. CνB

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