Nanaimo

[ nuh-nahy-moh ]

noun

a seaport in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, on the southeast coast of Vancouver Island, on the Strait of Georgia across from the port city of Vancouver on mainland British Columbia.

Origin of Nanaimo

First recorded in 1820–30 as an ethnonym; an Anglicized spelling of Halkomelem Snuneymuxw

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The cookie borrows mostly from the Nanaimo bar, a Canadian classic I learned about from a family in Vancouver, not far from its namesake town.
These no-bake peppermint chocolate bars bring holiday cheer to your cookie plate | Edd Kimber | December 2, 2020 | Washington Post
The large figure on the right reminds us of the human form of the petroglyph at Nanaimo.
The Archaeology of the Yakima Valley | Harlan Ingersoll Smith
We expect to reach Nanaimo early to-morrow morning where the ship will coal.
A Summer's Outing | Carter H. Harrison
The Nanoose 'inhabit the harbour and district of that name, which lies 50 miles north of Nanaimo.'
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 | Hubert Howe Bancroft
It has fine forests and valuable coal mines at Nanaimo and Wellington, which furnish fuel supplies along the Pacific coast.
America, Volume 6 (of 6) | Joel Cook

We were due at Nanaimo for the next concert and despite the storm we started and arrived safely Wednesday morning, March 8.
Sixty Years of California Song | Margaret Blake-Alverson

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