nʕaylintn
/ˈnaɪ.lɪn.tɪn/
nʕaylintn proper noun: large ridge of rock, made of gneiss, located south of Vaseux Lake between Okanagan Falls and Oliver in British Columbia, Canada.
Proper noun
nʕaylintn
- Large ridge of rock, made of gneiss, located south of Vaseux Lake between Okanagan Falls and Oliver in British Columbia, Canada.
- caylx (Richard Armstrong), right, concludes a salmon calling ceremony along sq’awsitkʷ (the Okanagan River) at nʕaylintn (McIntyre Bluff) in syilx territory on June 25.2025 June 27, “During ceremony at nʕaylintn, syilx people call their salmon relatives home”, in The Hamilton Spectator
- McIntyre Bluff was previously named for a local settler, but it has been an important landmark for the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) and its Okanagan ancestors for millennia. Appropriately, it is now called nʕaylintn (pronounced nigh-lin-tin).2023 October 31, “Explore the Legends of Fall in the South Okanagan”, in The Williams Lake Tribune
- Synonyms:
- McIntyre Bluff
Synonyms of nʕaylintn
- McIntyre Bluff
Origin of nʕaylintn
Unadapted borrowing from Okanagan nʕaylintn.
Questions about nʕaylintn
- What does nʕaylintn mean?
- Nʕaylintn means large ridge of rock, made of gneiss, located south of Vaseux Lake between Okanagan Falls and Oliver in British Columbia, Canada.
- What part of speech is nʕaylintn?
- Nʕaylintn is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce nʕaylintn?
- Nʕaylintn is pronounced /ˈnaɪ.lɪn.tɪn/ (US).
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