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Meaning of nʕaylintn | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈnaɪ.lɪn.tɪn

Definitions

Large ridge of rock, made of gneiss, located south of Vaseux Lake between Okanagan Falls and Oliver in British Columbia, Canada.

Examples

“caylx (Richard Armstrong), right, concludes a salmon calling ceremony along sq’awsitkʷ (the Okanagan River) at nʕaylintn (McIntyre Bluff) in syilx territory on June 25.”
“McIntyre Bluff was previously named for a local settler, but it has been an important landmark for the Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) and its Okanagan ancestors for millennia. Appropriately, it is now called nʕaylintn (pronounced nigh-lin-tin).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Nǀuu Nǁng ɴ O O Antiphon O Canada

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