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Chilcotin.

A region of British Columbia, on the inland lee of the Coast Mountains on the west side of the Fraser River.

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name/t͡ʃɪlˈkoʊtɪn/
  1. A region of British Columbia, on the inland lee of the Coast Mountains on the west side of the Fraser River.

  2. The river that drains that region.

  3. A Northern Athabaskan language spoken in British Columbia by the Tsilhqot'in people.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Chilcotin Tŝinlhqut’in (literally “river man”).

noun/t͡ʃɪlˈkoʊtɪn/
  1. A Native American from that region.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Chilcotin Tŝinlhqut’in (literally “river man”).

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