Skagit

American  

[skag-it] / ˈskæg ɪt /

noun

Skagits, plural Skagit plural

1. a member of a Lushootseed-speaking Indigenous people of Washington State: divided into the Upper Skagit and Lower Skagit tribes.

2. a river flowing from the Canadian Cascade Mountains to Puget Sound in Washington State. 158.5 miles (255 km) long.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Skagit.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Skagit
  plural
• Skagits
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Skagit

First recorded in 1860–65, referring to the people; from Lushootseed sqaǰət

Example Sentences

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Skagit Skagits

Some 75,000 people would be evacuated from low-lying areas on Skagit River, the director of the Washington Military Department's Emergency Management Division, Robert Ezelle, told reporters on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025

The US National Weather Service warns that catastrophic flooding is possible in the states of Oregon and Washington along the Skagit and Snohomish rivers.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025

Skagit County, a major agricultural area north of Seattle, has issued an immediate evacuation order to residents who live on the floodplain.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025

That work will continue in the days and weeks ahead, with aerial spraying in the Olympia region and around Concrete in Skagit County.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024

North of Seattle the swollen Skagit River sliced though earthen dikes near its mouth and sent tidal salt water spilling across twenty thousand acres of the richest farmland in the state.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

They consisted chiefly of the Chinooks, Vancouvers, the Walla Wallas, the Yacomars, the Spokans, the Cayuses, the Nez-Percés, the Skagits, the Cascades, and many tribes that were scarcely more than families.

From The Log School-House on the Columbia by Butterworth, Hezekiah

The Skagits give this name to the "Couteaux," a tribe of Indians on Frazer River, of whom they stand in like awe.

From Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by Gibbs, George

Angeline was first married to a big chief of the Skagits, Dokubkun by name; her second husband was Talisha, a Duwampsh chief.

From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Denny, Emily Inez

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 Gibbs, George