Tsleil-Waututh

noun

A First Nations group in the Canadian province of British Columbia that speaks the Salishan language known as Halkomelem.

Meanings

nounTsleil-Waututh sg or pl
  1. pluralsingularA First Nations group in the Canadian province of British Columbia that speaks the Salishan language known as Halkomelem.

    Candace Thomas, a Tsleil-Waututh artist, provided the design for the crosswalk which now spans the intersection of Dollarton Highway and Sleil-Waututh Road. It depicts a thunderbird embracing both residential school survivors and missing and murdered Indigenous women, according to the news release.

    2025 September 25, Edzi'u Loverin, “Every Child Matters crosswalk at Tsleil-Waututh Nation one of several to be unveiled in Metro Vancouver”, in CBC News

    Synonyms: səlilwətaɬ

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA First Nations group in the Canadian province of British Columbia that speaks the Salishan language known as Halkomelem.

Origin

  1. Halkomelemsəlilwətaɬ
  2. EnglishTsleil-Waututh

From Halkomelem səlilwətaɬ.

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APA

Tsleil-Waututh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tsleil-Waututh

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Chicago

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