English Explanatory Dictionary

Snoqualmie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an indigenous Coast Salish people of North America native to the Snoqualmie and Skykomish river valleys of central Washington.
name
  1. The dialect of Southern Lushootseed spoken by the Snoqualmie people.
  2. Ellipsis of Snoqualmie Indian Tribe.
  3. Ellipsis of Snoqualmie River.
  4. Ellipsis of Snoqualmie Pass.
  5. Ellipsis of Snoqualmie Mountain.
  6. Ellipsis of Snoqualmie Falls.
  7. Ellipsis of The Summit at Snoqualmie, a ski resort located at Snoqualmie Pass, Washington.
  8. Ellipsis of Snoqualmie Casino, a casino with additional entertainment, dining, and meeting facilities, owned and operated by the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe in Snoqualmie, Washington on its reservation territory.

Word forms

Snoqualmie Snoqualmies Snuqualmie Snoqualmoo

Etymology

Anglicization of Lushootseed sdukʷalbixʷ (“people of the moon”), the autonym of the Snoqualmie people, a proper noun derived from Lushootseed sɬukʷalb (“moon”). In early maps of the Pacific Northwest, the indigenous etymon was anglicized as "Snoqualmoo", a spelling no longer used.

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