Etymology

Kinbasket

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Today it means: A lake on the Columbia River in southeast British Columbia in Canada. Full definition →

Shuswap Kenpesq’t
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The story

  1. Shuswap · borrowed fromKenpesq’t“touching the highest part of the sky”
  2. English todayKinbasket

Borrowed from Shuswap Kenpesq’t (“touching the highest part of the sky”), name of several Shuswap chiefs.

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