Musqueam

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʌskwiəm/
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Noun

Musqueam pl (plural only)

  1. A First Nations group in the Canadian province of British Columbia that speaks the Salishan language known as Halkomelem.
    • 2022 September 30, Akshay Kulkarni, “Musqueam Nation gives gift of new name for Vancouver's former Trutch Street”, in CBC News‎[1]:
      The xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Indian Band has gifted a new name to a street in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood — Musqueamview Street in English and šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm in the Nation's hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language. […] yəχʷyaχʷələq (Wayne Sparrow), chief of the Musqueam First Nation, spoke at a ceremony that saw Trutch Street renamed to Musqueamview Street in Vancouver on Sept. 30.

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