Meanings
alternative Oweekano · alternative Oowekeeno · alternative Oweekeno · alternative Owekano · alternative Oweekayno · alternative Wuikenukv · alternative Wikeno · alternative Owikeno · alternative Awikenox
- pluralplural onlyAn Indigenous First Nations people of the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, located around Rivers Inlet and Owikeno Lake, to the north of Queen Charlotte Strait.
Henson said her team worked closely with the Nuxalk, Haíɫzaqv, Kitasoo/Xai'xais, Gitga'at and Wuikinuxv First Nations to sample and analyze the DNA.
2021 August 22, Winston Szeto, “Grizzly territories in B.C. line up with Indigenous language communities, new study suggests”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2021
Origin
- HeiltsukW̓uìk̓inux̌v
- EnglishWuikinuxv
Borrowed from Heiltsuk W̓uìk̓inux̌v or 'Wuìk̓inux̌v.
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Wuikinuxv. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wuikinuxv
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