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Definition of Shuswap in English:

Shuswap

nounPlural Shuswaps ˈʃʊswɒp
  • 1A member of an indigenous people of southern British Columbia.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the 1800's this area was inhabited by a semi-nomadic Indian group called the Shuswaps.
    • It separates two great cultures of North American Indians: the Kootenays and Shuswaps to the west, and the Stoney and Blackfoot tribes to the east.
    • The Shuswaps are related to other Salish tribes, all of whom could organize themselves into a confederation of Indian nations.
    • They stole up the mountain behind the Shuswap, attacked and forced the Shuswaps over the bluff, killing most.
    • She said to me, ‘My mom is part Shuswap and my dad is part Shuswap.’
  • 2mass noun The Salishan language of the Shuswap.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is however at least one language that does have words beginning with the letters < cq >, namely Secwepmectsín, known in English as Shuswap.
adjective ˈʃʊswɒp
  • Relating to the Shuswap or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some time later, the Kutenai and Shuswap First Nations made their home in the valley.
    • Because Manuel's Shuswap community suffers from 80 percent unemployment and public benefits average only $165 a month, it must depend on hunting, fishing and other forms of traditional land use for day-to-day survival.
    • Other causes to which he was attracted were those of the Lil'Wat Nation and the Shuswap activists involved in the armed standoff at Gustafsen Lake.
    • I think she should be justifiably proud of her Shuswap heritage.
    • In case you're wondering, < x > in Shuswap spelling represents the voiceless uvular fricative.

Origin

The name in Shuswap.

Definition of Shuswap in US English:

Shuswap

nounˈSHo͞oˌswäp
  • 1A member of an indigenous people of southern British Columbia.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They stole up the mountain behind the Shuswap, attacked and forced the Shuswaps over the bluff, killing most.
    • The Shuswaps are related to other Salish tribes, all of whom could organize themselves into a confederation of Indian nations.
    • In the 1800's this area was inhabited by a semi-nomadic Indian group called the Shuswaps.
    • It separates two great cultures of North American Indians: the Kootenays and Shuswaps to the west, and the Stoney and Blackfoot tribes to the east.
    • She said to me, ‘My mom is part Shuswap and my dad is part Shuswap.’
  • 2The Salishan language of the Shuswap.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is however at least one language that does have words beginning with the letters < cq >, namely Secwepmectsín, known in English as Shuswap.
adjectiveˈSHo͞oˌswäp
  • Relating to the Shuswap or their language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In case you're wondering, < x > in Shuswap spelling represents the voiceless uvular fricative.
    • Some time later, the Kutenai and Shuswap First Nations made their home in the valley.
    • Because Manuel's Shuswap community suffers from 80 percent unemployment and public benefits average only $165 a month, it must depend on hunting, fishing and other forms of traditional land use for day-to-day survival.
    • Other causes to which he was attracted were those of the Lil'Wat Nation and the Shuswap activists involved in the armed standoff at Gustafsen Lake.
    • I think she should be justifiably proud of her Shuswap heritage.

Origin

The name in Shuswap.

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