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cowichan

/ˈkaʊwɪtʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
cowichan
IPA
/ˈkaʊwɪtʃən/
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a certain Native American tribe of British Columbia.

adj

Of or relating to this tribe.

adj

Of or relating to a form of distinctively-patterned heavy knitting developed by the tribe.

name

A river in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Halkomelem Quw'utsun.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Cowichans (plural) more Cowichan (comparative) most Cowichan (superlative)

Phrases

Cowichan Valley North Cowichan

Rhymes With

kitchen lichen richen enrichen

Questions

How do you pronounce cowichan?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkaʊwɪtʃən/.
What does cowichan mean?
A member of a certain Native American tribe of British Columbia.
Where does cowichan come from?
From Halkomelem Quw'utsun.

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