Nisqually

American  

[nis-kwawl-ee] / ˌnɪsˈkwɔl i /

noun

• Nisquallies,
  plural
• Nisqually
  plural

1. a member of a Lushootseed-speaking Indigenous people of western Washington State.

2. a river flowing from Mount Rainier through the Cascade Range to Puget Sound. 78 miles (126 km) long.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Nisqually.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Nisquallies
  plural
• Nisqually
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Nisqually

First recorded in 1820–30; from Lushootseed dxwsqwə́li, a place name used by this people on Puget Sound

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Nisqually Nisquallies

For example, the rupture that caused the 6.8 magnitude Nisqually earthquake in the Pacific Northwest in 2001 started about 32 miles beneath the seafloor.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

You can visit Paradise and Sunrise if you enter the park at the Nisqually Entrance at 7 a.m. and stay on a tight schedule.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

The Paradise Corridor offers two entrances — Nisqually to the west at Ashford and Stevens Canyon Entrance to the east near Packwood, Washington.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

He carried the friendship that started with his dad into the next generation in his friendship with Willie Frank Jr., chairman of the Nisqually Tribe.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2024

At the time of my visit, the Nisqually had been annoying state authorities for decades, tenaciously pursuing what they believed to be their right to fish on their ancestral fishing grounds.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

They were found three days later by Nisquallies.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2018

On the south the Lummi adjoin the Samish and other bands of the Skagits, who in language approach the Nisquallies.

From Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi by George Gibbs