Esquimalt

[ ih-skwahy-mawlt ]

noun

1. a Royal Canadian naval base and seaport in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island: a suburb of Victoria, the provincial capital.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Esquimalt¹

First recorded in 1875–80; an English approximation of Esquimalt (a Coast Salish language) x̣ʷiméɫǝɫ “place of gradual shoaling”