Etymology

Kamloops

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Today it means: A city, the seat of the Regional District of Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River. Full definition →

Shuswap tk'əmlúps ← French Camp des Loups
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The story

  1. French · derived fromCamp des Loups“Camp of Wolves”
  2. Shuswap · borrowed fromtk'əmlúps“meeting of the rivers”
  3. English todayKamloops

Borrowed from Shuswap tk'əmlúps (“meeting of the rivers”). A derivation from French Camp des Loups (“Camp of Wolves”) is probably a folk etymology.

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