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SENCOTEN

SENCOTEN is the alternative form of SENĆOŦEN.

Meaning of SENĆOŦEN

Proper noun

SENĆOŦEN

  1. Saanich (language)
    • The SENĆOŦEN language is spoken on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. It’s orthography was created by the late Dave Elliott, a respected member of the Saanich First Nation.2004, John Elliot, Peter Brand, and Chris Harvey, Proposal to Add Four SENĆOŦEN Latin Charaters, page 1

Proper noun capitalized: Sencoten

Sencoten

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of SENĆOŦEN.
    • Mount Newton is next on the list of Greater Victoria landmarks that First Nations want to see restored to their traditional names. The Saanich, or Wsanec, tribes know the mountain as Lau,Welnew, which means place of refuge in the Sencoten language.2013 May 26, Judith Lavoie, “Mount Newton, known as Lau,Welnew to First Nations, next on name-change list”, in Times Colonist
    • The first totem pole at Royal Roads University has been named S’ael — the Sencoten word for harmony — and will stand in greeting to all for years to come.2015 October 13, Jeff Bell, “Totem a symbol of welcome and harmony at Royal Roads”, in Times Colonist

Origin of SENCOTEN

Borrowed from Saanich SENĆOŦEN.

Questions about SENCOTEN

What is SENCOTEN the alternative form of?
SENCOTEN is the alternative form of SENĆOŦEN.
What part of speech is SENCOTEN?
SENCOTEN is a proper noun.

Words near SENCOTEN in the dictionary

  1. sencible
  2. sencion
  3. Sencions
  4. SENCO
  5. SENCOs
  6. SENCOTEN
  7. send
  8. send a boy to do a man's job
  9. send a message
  10. send a shiver down someone's spine
  11. send about one's business

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: SENCOTEN (page history and authors); Sencoten (page history and authors); SENĆOŦEN (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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