Sumas

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proper noun

A flatland in the Fraser Lowland region, shared between British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States.

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District of SumasSumas District
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Meanings

Sumas1

proper noun

alternative Smess · alternative Shemotch

  1. A placename:
    1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Sumas Lake: a former lake in the Fraser Lowland region, shared between British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States, which was drained to create Sumas Prairie.
    2. A flatland in the Fraser Lowland region, shared between British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States.
    3. A river in the Fraser Lowland region, whose headwaters originate on American Sumas and flows through British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States; in full, Sumas River.
    4. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of American Sumas: a mountain in the Skagit Range, Whatcom County, Washington, United States.
    5. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Canadian Sumas: a mountain in British Columbia, Canada.
    6. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Sumas Peak: a peak on Canadian Sumas Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.
    7. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of District of Sumas: a former district of British Columbia, Canada in the Fraser Lowland, that was merged into Abbotsford; now called Sumas Prairie.
    8. A former district municipality of British Columbia, Canada, that was merged into the city of Abbotsford.
  2. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Sumas First Nation, a tribe of Stahlo people, found in the US Pacific Northwest and the British Columbia Lower Mainland of Canada.
  3. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Sumas Indian Band, a band government governing the Sumas First Nation.

Sumas2

proper noun
  1. Synonym of Suma; the Suma people
    1. the Suma-Jumano
    2. the Suma of the Gbaya people
proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Suma

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA district of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.

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District of SumasSumas District

Origin

Sumas · proper noun

  1. HalkomelemSemá:th
  2. EnglishSumas

From Halkomelem Semá:th, from semá:th (“big level opening”), for the lowland area surrounding Sumas Lake.

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Sumas · proper noun, proper noun

From Suma + -s.

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Translations

French Sumas
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Cite this entry
APA

Sumas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sumas

MLA

“Sumas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sumas. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sumas,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sumas.

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