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Illecillewaet

Illecillewaet proper noun: a river and glacier in British Columbia, Canada, a tributary of the Columbia River.

Proper noun

Illecillewaet

  1. A river and glacier in British Columbia, Canada, a tributary of the Columbia River.
    • There is scanty room for a railway, and in many places the rails are wetted by the spray from the Illecillewaet, which is the Indian word for a raging torrent.1941 December, G. H. Soole, “The Mountain Section of the C.P.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 530

Questions about Illecillewaet

What does Illecillewaet mean?
Illecillewaet means a river and glacier in British Columbia, Canada, a tributary of the Columbia River.
What part of speech is Illecillewaet?
Illecillewaet is a proper noun.

Words near Illecillewaet in the dictionary

  1. Ille-et-Vilaine
  2. illeagle
  3. illecebration
  4. illecebrations
  5. illecebrous
  6. Illecillewaet
  7. illed
  8. illegal
  9. illegal alien
  10. illegal aliens
  11. illegal combatant

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