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Kamloops

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Canada/ˈkæmlups/

Kamloops proper noun: a city, the seat of the Regional District of Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River. Also the ellipsis of Kamloops Lake.

Proper noun

Kamloops

  1. A city, the seat of the Regional District of Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River.

Also used as

Kamloops is also the ellipsis of Kamloops Lake.

Kamloops meaning in Marathi

Kamloops in Marathi

city
कॅमलूप्स kĕmlūpsa
lake
कॅमलूप्स kĕmlūpsa

Origin of Kamloops

Borrowed from Shuswap tk'əmlúps (“meeting of the rivers”). A derivation from French Camp des Loups (“Camp of Wolves”) is probably a folk etymology.

Words formed from Kamloops

Questions about Kamloops

What does Kamloops mean?
Kamloops means a city, the seat of the Regional District of Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River.
What is Kamloops in Marathi?
Kamloops in Marathi is कॅमलूप्स (kĕmlūpsa). See Kamloops meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is Kamloops?
Kamloops is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kamloops?
Kamloops is pronounced /ˈkæmlups/ (Canada).

Words near Kamloops in the dictionary

  1. Kamle
  2. kamleika
  3. kamleikas
  4. Kamler
  5. Kamlers
  6. Kamloops
  7. Kamloops rainbow trout
  8. Kamloops trout
  9. Kamman
  10. kammback
  11. kammbacks

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