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    Halkomelem (redirect from Halqemeylem)
    (/ˌhɒlkəˈmeɪləm/; Halq̓eméylem in the Upriver dialect, Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓ in the Island dialect, and hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ in the Downriver dialect) is a language of various...
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  • List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin (category Articles containing Cree-language text)
    storehouse" in the Tlingit language Chilko River: "red ochre river" in the Chilcotin language Chilliwack: "Going back up" in Halqemeylem. Other translations...
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    Stó꞉lō (section Language)
    Canada, part of the loose grouping of Coast Salish nations. Stó꞉lō is the Halqemeylem word for "river", so the Stó꞉lō are the river people. The first documented...
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  • British Columbia Highway 5 (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
    uses the Coquihalla Pass. The pass is named Kwʼikwʼiya꞉la in the Halq̓eméylem language used by the Stó꞉lō, which means "stingy container" and refers specifically...
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    Fraser River is known by local indigenous peoples as "Sto:lo" in the Halqemeylem language of the area, and this term has been adopted to refer to all of the...
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    (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim)[citation needed] Halkomelem Upriver Halkomelem (Halq̓eméylem)[citation needed] Downriver Halkomelem (hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓)[citation needed]...
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    languages: ʾa·qanⱡiⱡⱡitnam Secwepemcékst Salishan languages: Éy7á7juuthem Halq̓eméylem Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓ hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ Lək̓ʷəŋən Nłeʔkepmxcín n̓səl̓xcin̓ Nuxalk...
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    /ˈʃiːæm/ in English, [ˈʃiːəm] in Halqemeylem, the local indigenous language, referring to the lowland below. The Halqemeylem name for the mountain is Lhílheqey...
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  • List of Halkomelem-speaking peoples (category Coast Salish languages)
    Nanoose Bay) Qualicum Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo) Scia'new (Beecher Bay Band) Halqemeylem or Upriver Halkomelem was spoken by peoples from the Stave River upstream...
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  • Chehalis, British Columbia, which is the home of the Sts'Ailes people, a Halqemeylem-speaking Coast Salish group. Their name Sts'Ailes is said to mean "beating...
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  • Katzie Kwantlen Kwikwetlem (Coquitlam) Snokomish (extinct) Tsawwassen Halqemeylem (Upriver Halkomelem) Sts'Ailes (Chehalis) Sto:lo (Fraser River Salish)...
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  • Canadian folklore, Seelkee (transcribed in English from Halqemeylem, the local indigenous language) is a lake monster reported to have lived in the swamps...
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  • Nuu-chah-nulth-aht Nuu-chah-nulth language Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Ahousaht, Clayoquot Sound Aitchelitz Band Sto:lo Halqemeylem Sto:lo Nation Alexandria...
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    Fraser River (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
    almost to the mouth of the river. The river's name in the Halqemeylem (Upriver Halkomelem) language is Sto:lo, often seen archaically as Staulo, and has been...
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    Surrey, British Columbia (category Articles containing Latin-language text)
    incorporated in 1879, and encompasses land formerly occupied by a number of Halqemeylem-speaking indigenous groups, including the Semiahmoo, Katzie, and the...
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  • Matsqui First Nation (category Articles containing Halkomelem-language text)
    version of Máthxwi which is derived from the root word má:th which is the Halqeméylem word for a plant that grows in the large marshes. Because it's attributed...
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    American mink (category CS1 Italian-language sources (it))
    Unami: wininkwës Gitxsan: lis'in Halkomelem Hul'q'umi'num: chuchi'q'un' Halqeméylem: ts'qáyex̱iya Heiltsuk-Oowekyala: kvənn̓à Haíɫzaqv: kvṇ̓á Hidatsa: nagcúa...
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  • English Language speakers Owyhee Kanaka Skookumchuck Skookum Tillicum Gibbs, George (1863), DICTIONARY OF THE CHINOOK JARGON, OR, TRADE LANGUAGE OF OREGON...
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  • culture around visual arts and music. Sts'ailes people traditionally speak Halqemeylem, the Upriver dialect of Halkomelem. The Sts'ailes do not participate...
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