Okanagan

/ ˌəʊkəˈnɑːɡən /

noun

1. Also (US): Okanogan. a river in North America that flows south from Okanagan Lake in Canada into the Columbia River in NE Washington, US Length: about 483 km (300 miles)

2. Also: Okanogan.  Okinagan. a member of a North American Indian people living in the Okanagan River valley in British Columbia and Washington

3. Also: Okanogan.  Okinagan. the language of this people, belonging to the Salish family

Example Sentences

Researchers at UBC Okanagan are examining a new air-cleaning device designed to capture airborne pathogens.

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Dr. Mir Faizal, an Adjunct Professor at UBC Okanagan's Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, and his collaborators, Drs. Lawrence M. Krauss, Arshid Shabir, and Francesco Marino, have shown that the underlying fabric of reality operates in a way no computer could ever replicate.

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Yet new research from UBC Okanagan suggests that not only is this concept implausible -- it is mathematically impossible.

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Scientists at UBC Okanagan have discovered how plants create mitraphylline, a rare natural substance with potential anti-cancer properties.

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"This is similar to finding the missing links in an assembly line," says Dr. Dang, UBC Okanagan Principal's Research Chair in Natural Products Biotechnology.

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