Chilcotin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A region of British Columbia, on the inland lee of the Coast Mountains on the west side of the Fraser River.
  2. The river that drains that region.
  3. A Northern Athabaskan language spoken in British Columbia by the Tsilhqot'in people.
noun
  1. A Native American from that region.

Pronunciation

/t͡ʃɪlˈkoʊtɪn/

Word forms

Chilcotin Tsilhqot'in Tŝilhqot'in Chilcotins

Etymology

Borrowed from Chilcotin Tŝinlhqut’in (literally “river man”).

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