Sooke en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsuːk/
Etymology
Derived from the Klallam name súʔukʷ for the area around Sooke Harbor.
Meanings
- (plural, singular) Coast Salish people of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Sooke en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsuːk/
Etymology
Derived from the Klallam name súʔukʷ for the area around Sooke Harbor.
Meanings
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A district municipality on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada.
A 28-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly setting two fires in the woods near Sooke, B.C.
2023 May 31, Simon Little, “Woman arrested for ‘intentionally’ setting fires in woods near Sooke, B.C.: police”, in Global News:
- A river in southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
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(alt-of, dialectal) Dialect of the North Straits Salish language spoken by the T'Sou-ke people.
The story was told by the late Cecilia Joe, on the Esquimault Reserve, Victoria, British Columbia. [...] Her retention of the Sooke language was excellent, and her skill was acknowledged by others on the Sooke Reserve.
2008, Cecilia Joe, Barbara S. Efrat, “The Transformer and the Blind Old Man”, in M. Terry Thompson, Steven M. Egesdal, editor, Salish Myths and Legends: One People's Stories, University of Nebraska, page 119: