Kinbasket

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proper noun

A lake on the Columbia River in southeast British Columbia in Canada.

OriginShuswap Kenpesq’t →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A lake on the Columbia River in southeast British Columbia in Canada.

Origin

  1. ShuswapKenpesq’t“touching the highest part of the sky”
  2. EnglishKinbasket

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

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Cite this entry
APA

Kinbasket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kinbasket

MLA

“Kinbasket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kinbasket. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kinbasket,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kinbasket.

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