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Sumas.

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  1. A placename: Ellipsis of Sumas Lake: a former lake in the Fraser Lowland region, shared between British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States, which was drained to create Sumas Prairie.

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  2. A placename: Ellipsis of Sumas Prairie: A flatland in the Fraser Lowland region, shared between British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States.

  3. A placename: Ellipsis of Sumas Prairie: A district of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.

  4. A placename: A river in the Fraser Lowland region, whose headwaters originate on American Sumas and flows through British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States; in full, Sumas River.

  5. A placename: Ellipsis of Sumas Mountain: Ellipsis of American Sumas: a mountain in the Skagit Range, Whatcom County, Washington, United States.

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  6. A placename: Ellipsis of Sumas Mountain: Ellipsis of Canadian Sumas: a mountain in British Columbia, Canada.

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  7. A placename: Ellipsis of Sumas Peak: a peak on Canadian Sumas Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.

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  8. A placename: Ellipsis of District of Sumas: a former district of British Columbia, Canada in the Fraser Lowland, that was merged into Abbotsford; now called Sumas Prairie.

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  9. A placename: A former district municipality of British Columbia, Canada, that was merged into the city of Abbotsford.

  10. A placename: A city in Whatcom County, Washington state, United States.

  11. Ellipsis of Sumas First Nation, a tribe of Stahlo people, found in the US Pacific Northwest and the British Columbia Lower Mainland of Canada.

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  12. Ellipsis of Sumas Indian Band, a band government governing the Sumas First Nation.

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Where this word comes from

From Halkomelem Semá:th, from semá:th (“big level opening”), for the lowland area surrounding Sumas Lake.

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  1. Synonym of Suma; the Suma people the Suma-Jumano

  2. Synonym of Suma; the Suma people the Suma of the Gbaya people

Where this word comes from

From Suma + -s.

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  1. plural of Suma

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Where this word comes from

From Suma + -s.

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