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Shuswap

[ shoo-swop, shoos-wop ]

noun

, plural Shu·swaps, (especially collectively) Shu·swap
  1. Also called Sec·wep·emc [s, uh, -, kwep, -m, uh, kh]. a member of a First Nation of interior British Columbia.
  2. Also called Sec·wep·emct·sin [s, uh, -kwep-m, uh, kh, -, cheen]. the Salishan language of the Shuswap.


adjective

  1. of or relating to the Shuswap or their language.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Shuswap1

First recorded in 1830–40; Anglicization of Shuswap səxwepmx (also ʃəxʷəpəməxˈtʃin ), a self-designation
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Example Sentences

After traveling all through the Shuswap country, Old One went on.

He came down to the Earth World and went into the Shuswap country.

Fishing is the same here as in the Shuswap; it is only good on hot, calm days, and wind puts the fish down.

This silvery fish seems to be chiefly native to the Kamloops and Shuswap lakes, whence it spreads into the Thompson.

It takes the form of a channel less than half a mile wide, connecting the four arms of the Shuswap Lake.

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