Meaning of Saanich | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of a Native American people from British Columbia.
2. The language of this people.
3. A district municipality on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, named for the Saanich people.

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Examples

“Mount Newton is next on the list of Greater Victoria landmarks that First Nations want to see restored to their traditional names. The Saanich, or Wsanec, tribes know the mountain as Lau,Welnew, which means place of refuge in the Sencoten language. […] “There’s big support for that one in the Saanich Nation because we have always held that mountain sacred,” said Tsawout hereditary chief Eric Pelkey, who spearheaded last week’s march up Mount Douglas to erect a sign bearing the traditional name Pkols.”

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