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Lekwungen en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (plural, singular) A member of a Native American people from British Columbia in Canada and Washington State in the United States.
    • The Victoria Foundation also unveiled its new brand identity, a fresh look that emphasizes the foundation’s commitment to the community. Key to the brand is an Indigenous companion logo, created by artist Bradley Dick, who is Lekwungen, Ditidaht, and Da’naxada’xw, with decades of experience making art in different mediums. 2025 September 28, Sandra Richardson, “Sandra Richardson: A new brand of reconciliation”, in Times Colonist:

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Lekwungen Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (1)

str LEQEṈEN (Native American people)

Lekwungen en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, dialectal) Dialect of the Northern Straits Salish language spoken by this people.
    • An elementary school in Victoria will have a new name in the coming years — and that name will be in Lekwungen, the language of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations on whose traditional territory the school sits. 2023 March 8, Kathryn Marlow, “School in Greater Victoria will get new Lekwungen name”, in CBC News:

Translations (1)

str LEQEṈ¸IN¸EṈ¸ (language)