Ucluelet

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Nootka yuułuʔiłʔatḥ, from yuułuʔił +‎ -ʔatḥ.

Noun

Ucluelet sg or pl

  1. A First Nation group based on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, on the northwest side of Barkley Sound.
    • 2025 March 9, “Indigenous language now included on Ucluelet bus stop signs — a first for B.C. Transit”, in CBC News:
      Residents of Hitac̓u, the heart of the Ucluelet First Nation, have been told not to drink, bathe in, or even clean with the water coming out of their taps.
  2. A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada, on the Ucluelet Peninsula on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
    • 2025 March 9, “Indigenous language now included on Ucluelet bus stop signs — a first for B.C. Transit”, in CBC News:
      Bus stop signs at all 36 B.C. Transit stops in Tofino, Ucluelet, Long Beach, hitaću, Esowista and Ty-histanis now include both English and Nuu-chah-nulth wording.
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