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Witsuwit'en

Witsuwit'en is the alternative form of Wet'suwet'en.

Meaning of Wet'suwet'en

Noun

Wet'suwet'en pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A First Nations people of the northwestern Central Interior of British Columbia.
    • It's been more than 40 days since Wet'suwet'en members and supporters occupied a Coastal GasLink work site near the Wedzin Kwa (Morice River) — and despite multiple arrests, they say they're determined to stay put until Coastal GasLink permanently halts work on their territory.2021 November 4, Kate Partridge, “Wet'suwet'en members prepare for winter, plan to stay until Coastal GasLink work halted permanently”, in CBC News

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Proper noun

Witsuwit'en

  1. A dialect of the Babine-Witsuwitʼen language.
    • A grandmother of 10 who speaks Witsuwit’en, Ms. George was once entrusted by her community to help translate the landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision in Delgamuukw. That case established for the first time that aboriginal title had not been extinguished. The case was fought by the Wet’suwet’en...2020 February 20, Nancy MacDonald, “‘That’s not the way of our ancestors’: Wet’suwet’en matriarch speaks out about pipeline conflict”, in The Globe and Mail
    • Yintah — the Witsuwit'en word for "land" — tells the story of an Indigenous nation fighting for sovereignty and resisting the construction of oil and fracked-gas pipelines across their territory.2024 September 18, “Inside the Witsuwit'en nation's fight to defend their lands against fossil-fuel companies”, in CBC Documentaries

Origin of Witsuwit'en

From Babine-Witsuwit'en Witsuwit'en

Questions about Witsuwit'en

What does Witsuwit'en mean?
Witsuwit'en means a dialect of the Babine-Witsuwitʼen language.
What is Witsuwit'en the alternative form of?
Witsuwit'en is the alternative form of Wet'suwet'en.
What part of speech is Witsuwit'en?
Witsuwit'en is a proper noun.

Words near Witsuwit'en in the dictionary

  1. wits
  2. wits' end
  3. wits' ends
  4. witsec
  5. witsome
  6. Witsuwit'en
  7. Witsuwit'en-Nedut'en
  8. Witsuwitʼen
  9. Witt
  10. Witt group
  11. Witt groups

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Witsuwit'en (page history and authors); Wet'suwet'en (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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