Illecillewaet

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proper noun

A river and glacier in British Columbia, Canada, a tributary of the Columbia River.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A river and glacier in British Columbia, Canada, a tributary of the Columbia River.

    There is scanty room for a railway, and in many places the rails are wetted by the spray from the Illecillewaet, which is the Indian word for a raging torrent.

    1941 December, G. H. Soole, “The Mountain Section of the C.P.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 530
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Illecillewaet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Illecillewaet

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“Illecillewaet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Illecillewaet. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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