Meanings
- historicalA ghost town in the Cassiar Mountains, Cassiar Land District, Northern Interior, Interior, Mainland, British Columbia, Canada.
- historicalA former provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.
- historicalA historical region in northwest British Columbia, Canada, site of an 1870's gold rush; in full, Cassiar Country.
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of the Cassiar Mountains: a mountain group in the Cassiar Land District, in northwest British Columbia, Canada, named after the district.
Synonyms: Cassiars, Cassiar Ranges
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of the Cassiar Land District: a cadastral division in northwest British Columbia, Canada, named after the historic Cassiar Country region.
Synonyms: Cassiar County, Cassiar District, Cassiar Country
- A river in the Cassiar Land District, in northwest British Columbia, Canada; in full, Cassiar River.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounEllipsis of the Cassiar Mountains: a mountain group in the Cassiar Land District, in northwest British Columbia, Canada, named after the district.
proper nounEllipsis of the Cassiar Land District: a cadastral division in northwest British Columbia, Canada, named after the historic Cassiar Country region.
Origin
Corruption of Kaska. From Kaska. From the Kaska Dena, an Athabaskan-speaking First Nations group of the Dene, who live in the region of Northern British Columbia and Southern Yukon Territory.
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Cite this entry
Cassiar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cassiar
“Cassiar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cassiar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cassiar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cassiar.
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