Meanings
- pluralsingularSynonym of Kwantlen.
High-status Qw’ó:ntl’an women are an example of those who trace their lineages from the woolly dog at a time when all beings were one family.
2023 December 14, Audrey T. Lin, et al., “The History of Coast Salish ‘Woolly Dogs’ Revealed by Ancient Genomics and Indigenous Knowledge”, in Science, volume 382, number 6676, →DOI, pages 1303-13081 more example
The Qw’ó:ntl’an (Kwantlen), which means noble or high born, was one of the ancient tribes of the Stó:lô claiming the site of New Westminster as its ancestral home. At the beginning of time the transformer is said to have turned the original people living here into wolves and sent them into the woods, giving this land to the Qw’ó:ntl’an.
2011, “Sapperton Landing Park”, in Parks & Recreation History of Park Sites and Facilities, page 97Synonyms: Kwantlen
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Kwantlen.
Origin
- HalkomelemQw'ó:ntl'an
- EnglishQw'ó:ntl'an
Unadapted borrowing from Halkomelem Qw'ó:ntl'an.
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Qw'ó:ntl'an. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qw'%C3%B3%3Antl'an
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