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

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

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

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

“Upper Skagit believes that we have a historical, moral obligation to restore where we can before it’s too late,” said Scott Schuyler, policy representative for the Upper Skagit Tribe.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024

We followed the twists of the Skagit River in his new forest-green Lexus.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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 Hezekiah Butterworth

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 Emily Inez Denny

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 George Gibbs

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