Ucluelet

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noun

A First Nation group based on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, on the northwest side of Barkley Sound.

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Meanings

nounUcluelet sg or pl (plural Ucluelet)

alternative Canada Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ

  1. pluralsingularA First Nation group based on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, on the northwest side of Barkley Sound.

    Residents of Hitac̓u, the heart of the Ucluelet First Nation, have been told not to drink, bathe in, or even clean with the water coming out of their taps.

    2025 March 9, “Indigenous language now included on Ucluelet bus stop signs — a first for B.C. Transit”, in CBC News
proper noun

alternative Canada Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ

  1. A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada, on the Ucluelet Peninsula on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

    Bus stop signs at all 36 B.C. Transit stops in Tofino, Ucluelet, Long Beach, hitaću, Esowista and Ty-histanis now include both English and Nuu-chah-nulth wording.

    2025 March 9, “Indigenous language now included on Ucluelet bus stop signs — a first for B.C. Transit”, in CBC News

Origin

  1. Nootkayuułuʔiłʔatḥ
  2. EnglishUcluelet

From Nootka yuułuʔiłʔatḥ, from yuułuʔił + -ʔatḥ.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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