Okanagan, or Colville-Okanagan, or Nsyilxcən (n̓səl̓xcin̓, n̓syilxčn̓), is a Salish language which arose among the Indigenous peoples of the southern Interior...

The Okanagan (/ˌoʊkəˈnɑːɡən/ OH-kə-NAH-gən), also called the Okanagan Valley and sometimes the Okanagan Country, is a region in the Canadian province...

Okanagan Lake (Okanagan: kɬúsx̌nítkw) is a lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The lake is 135 km (84 mi) long, between 4 and 5 km...

between the spots. Originally named in the Nsyilxcən language of the Syilx First Nation of the Okanagan Valley as Kłlil’xᵂ, Spotted Lake was for centuries...

Perce, sħáptənəxʷ. Cognates appear in other Interior Salishan languages, such as Okanagan sʕaptnx 'Nez Perce' or Spokane saʕáptni 'Nez Perce', indictating...

The Syilx (Salishan pronunciation: [sjilx]) people, also known as the Okanagan, Suknaqinx, or Okinagan people, are a First Nations and Native American...

The University of British Columbia Okanagan (also known as UBC Okanagan or UBCO) is a campus of the University of British Columbia in Kelowna, British...

The Okanagan Indian Band (Okanagan: N̓k̓maplqs) is a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the city of Vernon...

the Okanagan language. It is conventionally translated as "a place to stay forever" but is actually a reference to the year-round flow of Okanagan Lake...

(pronounced "soo-yoos") meaning "narrowing of the waters" in the local Okanagan language (Syilx'tsn). The "O-" prefix is not indigenous in origin and was attached...

Kelowna (/kəˈloʊnə/ kə-LOH-nə) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the...

February 1888. The name derives from the Okanagan language place name ukʷnaqín. The name Okanogan (Okanagan) also refers to a part of southern British...

Nuu-chah-nulth Ehattesaht: č̕aastumc Tseshaht: č̓aastimc Ojibwe: zhaangweshi Okanagan: c̓x̌licn Omaha–Ponca: íki skă Oneida: shotsya·káweˀ Potawatomi: wnepshkwé...

The Okanagan Nation Alliance is a First Nations Tribal Council in the Canadian province of British Columbia, spanning the Nicola, Okanagan and Similkameen...

Shuswap language. Sikanni Chief River Siska – from sisqa, Thompson language (Nlaka'pamux) for "uncle" Skaha Lake: from the Okanagan language word for...

The Westbank First Nation (Okanagan: tqłəníw̓t/tqaʔtkʷɬniwt) is a self-governing First Nations band in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada...

as the Syilx in their own language Okanagan language Okanagan (also Okanagan Valley), a region of British Columbia Okanagan Basin, watershed in British...

Indian reserve in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, and fluently speaks both the Syilx and English languages. Armstrong has lived on the Penticton...

Inchelium (Okanagan: N̓čaʔlíwm̓) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ferry County, Washington, United States on the Colville Indian Reservation. The...

fricative is a type of consonantal sound that is used in various spoken languages. It is not found in most varieties of Modern English but existed in Old...

Canada. The name originated from the Similkameen dialect of the Okanagan language word "Keremeyeus" meaning "creek which cuts its way through the flats"...

The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Okanagan: sx̌ʷy̓ʔiłpx sqlxʷúlaʔxʷ) is the federally recognized tribe that controls the Colville Indian...

means "red fish" in the Sinixt Interior Salish language, and "silver trout" in the Okanagan language. Kokanee are native to many lakes in the western...

South Okanagan Lands Project.: 198  The name of the area of this locality in the native Okanagan language is N̓k̓mip. The people of the Syilx Okanagan Nation...

Okanagan College is a public post-secondary institution with multiple campuses spread across the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. The College...

from the word sẁiẁs meaning "narrowing of the waters" in the local Okanagan language (Syilx'tsn). Located on the lakeshore are the town of Osoyoos, British...

sməlek̓ʷózeʔ in Thompson, and chʼéychʼiyúya ḵwáliwan in Sechelt. In the Okanagan language, two-spirit people are referred to as st̓ámyaʔ (pronounced [ˈstʼamjaʔ])...

Columbia-Moses †, also known as Columbia and Nxaʔamxcín. Colville-Okanagan, also known as Okanagan, Nxsəlxcin, Nsilxcín, Nsíylxcən, and ta nukunaqínxcən. Montana...

which is red-fish name in the Sinixt Interior Salish language and silver trout in the Okanagan language. They are much smaller than the anadromous variety...

extraction, and speak their own dialect (snsəlxcín) of the Colville-Okanagan language. Today they live primarily on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington...