Sumas

Meanings

1. A placename:
2. Ellipsis of Sumas Lake: a former lake in the Fraser Lowland region, shared between British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States, which was drained to create Sumas Prairie.
3. Ellipsis of Sumas Prairie:
4. A flatland in the Fraser Lowland region, shared between British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States.
5. A district of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.
6. A river in the Fraser Lowland region, whose headwaters originate on American Sumas and flows through British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States; in full, Sumas River.
7. Ellipsis of Sumas Mountain:
8. Ellipsis of American Sumas: a mountain in the Skagit Range, Whatcom County, Washington, United States.
9. Ellipsis of Canadian Sumas: a mountain in British Columbia, Canada.
10. Ellipsis of Sumas Peak: a peak on Canadian Sumas Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.
11. Ellipsis of District of Sumas: a former district of British Columbia, Canada in the Fraser Lowland, that was merged into Abbotsford; now called Sumas Prairie.
12. A former district municipality of British Columbia, Canada, that was merged into the city of Abbotsford.

1. Synonym of Suma; the Suma people
2. the Suma-Jumano
3. the Suma of the Gbaya people

1. plural of Suma

Etymology

From Halkomelem Semá:th, from semá:th (“big level opening”), for the lowland area surrounding Sumas Lake.

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