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WSANEC

WSANEC is the alternative form of W̱SÁNEĆ.

Meaning of W̱SÁNEĆ

Noun

W̱SÁNEĆ sg or pl

  1. (plural, singular) Synonym of Saanich.
    • “Everything that we need is provided for us by our environment,” a W̱SÁNEĆ elder said. “Whether it’s food, medicine, plants, whether it’s our fisheries … as saltwater peoples it’s really important to come together.”2020 October 26, Kate Korte and Alec Lazenby, “W̱SÁNEĆ nations hold solidarity blockade for Mi’kmaw fishers”, in The Martlet
    Synonyms:
    Saanich

Noun capitalized: Wsanec

Wsanec sg or pl

  1. (alternative, plural, singular) Alternative form of W̱SÁNEĆ.
    • 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. […] “When they came down they were called the...2013 May 26, Judith Lavoie, “Mount Newton, known as Lau,Welnew to First Nations, next on name-change list”, in Times Colonist

Origin of WSANEC

Borrowed from Saanich W̱SÁNEĆ.

Questions about WSANEC

What is WSANEC the alternative form of?
WSANEC is the alternative form of W̱SÁNEĆ.
What part of speech is WSANEC?
WSANEC is a noun.

Words near WSANEC in the dictionary

  1. Września
  2. ws
  3. Ws in the chat
  4. WS-BPEL
  5. WSAE
  6. WSANEC
  7. WSBK
  8. WSC
  9. Wschowa
  10. WSD
  11. WSDL

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: WSANEC (page history and authors); Wsanec (page history and authors); W̱SÁNEĆ (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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