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Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw

Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw is the alternative form of Kwakwaka'wakw.

Meaning of Kwakwaka'wakw

Noun

Kwakwaka'wakw (plural Kwakwaka'wakws or Kwakwaka'wakw)

  1. A member of an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
    • Before he leads me to his office to sit in on one of these appointments, Mr. Peterson shows me around the third floor of his home, which is filled with carvings made by Charles Joseph, a Kwakwaka'wakw artist.2018 May 18, Nellie Bowles, “Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2020
    Synonyms:
    Kwakiutl

Forms of Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw

pluralKwakwa̱ka̱'wakws
pluralKwakwa̱ka̱'wakw

Origin of Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw

Unadapted borrowing from Kwak'wala Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw.

Questions about Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw

What is Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw the alternative form of?
Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw is the alternative form of Kwakwaka'wakw.

Words near Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw in the dictionary

  1. Kwakiutl
  2. Kwakiutls
  3. Kwaks
  4. Kwakwaka'wakw
  5. Kwakwaka'wakws
  6. Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw
  7. Kwakʼwala
  8. Kwak̓wala
  9. Kwala
  10. Kwalhioqua
  11. Kwalhioquas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kwakwa̱ka̱'wakw (page history and authors); Kwakwaka'wakw (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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