Bellacoola

American  

[bel-uh-koo-luh] / ˌbɛl əˈku lə /

Or Bella Coola

noun

plural

Bellacoolas,

plural

Bellacoola

1. former name of the Nuxalk.

2. Bellacoola Valley. a valley on the central coast of British Columbia.

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Etymology

Origin of Bellacoola

First recorded in 1830–40; from Heiltsuk (a northern Wakashan language of British Columbia) bə́lxwlá “speakers of Bellacoola”

Example Sentences

Belgium, neolithic inhabitants of, 451 Bellacoola, the, 363, and map, pp. 334-5 Bengali, the, 547, 550 Beni Amer, the, 483 sq.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

Within the past few years such an instance has been noticed in the case of the Bellacoola language of British Columbia.

From The Number Concept Its Origin and Development by Conant, Levi Leonard