Stillaguamish

[ stil-uh-gwah-mish ]

noun

, plural Stil·la·guam·ish·es, (especially collectively) Stil·la·guam·ish.

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

adjective

1. of or relating to the Stillaguamish.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Stillaguamish¹

First recorded in 1850–55 as Stoluck-wa-mish, referring to the people, and in 1850–55 as Stillaguamish, referring to the Stillaguamish River; from Lushootseed stuləgʷábš

Example Sentences

Olaf Rydjord is a lucrative farmer, one and a half miles up Stillaguamish river from Stanwood.

From Project Gutenberg

As early as 1879 he dates his first peregrination on Stillaguamish river.

From Project Gutenberg