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Tla-o-qui-aht

Tla-o-qui-aht proper noun: a First Nation group based on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, from the area around Tofino Inlet, Kennedy Lake and the Esowista Peninsula.

Proper noun

Tla-o-qui-aht sg or pl (plural Tla-o-qui-aht)

  1. (plural, singular) A First Nation group based on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, from the area around Tofino Inlet, Kennedy Lake and the Esowista Peninsula.
    • The Tla-o-qui-aht (Clayoquot) First Nation, located in the souther end of Clayoquot Sound, took shape from an alliance of smaller groups, many originally living around Kennedy Lake. The word “Tla-o-qui-aht” translates as “people of different tribes” and also as “people of Clayoqua (Tla-o-qua),” an...2014, Margaret Horsefield, Tofino and Clayoquot Sound : a history, Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, page 24

Forms of Tla-o-qui-aht

pluralTla-o-qui-aht
alternative formClayoquot
alternative formTlaoquiaht
alternative Canadaƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ

Origin of Tla-o-qui-aht

From Nootka ƛaʔuukʷiʔatḥ, from ƛaʔuukʷi + -ʔatḥ.

Questions about Tla-o-qui-aht

What does Tla-o-qui-aht mean?
Tla-o-qui-aht means a First Nation group based on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, from the area around Tofino Inlet, Kennedy Lake and the Esowista Peninsula.
What part of speech is Tla-o-qui-aht?
Tla-o-qui-aht is a proper noun.

Words near Tla-o-qui-aht in the dictionary

  1. tl;dr's
  2. tl;drs
  3. tl;dw
  4. TL;NR
  5. TLA
  6. Tla-o-qui-aht
  7. TLAC
  8. Tlacaxipehualiztli
  9. tlachtli
  10. tlachtlis
  11. tlaco

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