Meanings
alternative Tli Cho · alternative Tlicho · alternative Tłįchǫ · alternative Tłįcho
- pluralplural onlyA Native American people living in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Tłı̨chǫ Grand Chief Jackson Lafferty recently wrote a letter to the City of Yellowknife, the speaker of the Legislative Assembly, and the federal government, calling for the Tłı̨chǫ to be recognized as traditional occupants of Yellowknife in city land acknowledgements.
2022 September 1, Avery Zingel, “YKDFN pushes back against Tłı̨chǫ’s call to be included in Yellowknife land acknowledgments”, in CBC News1 more example
“The strategy will have programs, aftercare, resources, things to encourage sobriety and supports that we don’t really have in the Tłı̨chǫ region,” said Stephanie Rabesca, a coordinator with the Tłı̨chǫ healing path who has been organizing the informal social gatherings.
2022 July 18, Charlotte Morritt-Jacobs, “Tłı̨chǫ women’s support group gains traction in Behchoko”, in APTN NewsSynonyms: Dogrib, Tłı̨chǫ Dene, Thlingchadinne
alternative Tli Cho · alternative Tlicho · alternative Tłįchǫ · alternative Tłįcho
- Their language, a North Athabascan language.
Weyallon Armstrong, who is fluent in Tłı̨chǫ, will represent the four Tłı̨chǫ communities of Behchokǫ̀, Whatì, Wekweètì and Gamètì when the legislature next meets in mid-October.
2021 August 6, “New Monfwi MLA vows to speak Tłı̨chǫ in N.W.T. Legislature”, in CBC News1 more example
Bowen has now learned how to introduce herself in Tłı̨chǫ, with help from Franki. Bowen, who is researching northern Athabaskan culture, was trying to figure out how to describe what she was doing.
2021 March 29, John Van Dusen, “Online Tłı̨chǫ language class sees enrolment rise during pandemic”, in CBC News
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA Native American people living in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
Origin
- DogribTłı̨chǫ“dog-flank”
- EnglishTłı̨chǫ
Unadapted borrowing from Dogrib Tłı̨chǫ (“dog-flank”).
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Tłı̨chǫ. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/T%C5%82%C4%B1%CC%A8ch%C7%AB
“Tłı̨chǫ.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/T%C5%82%C4%B1%CC%A8ch%C7%AB. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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