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Bellacoola

or Bel·la Coo·la

[ bel-uh-koo-luh ]

noun

, plural Bel·la·coo·las, (especially collectively) Bel·la·coo·la
  1. former name of the Nuxalk.
  2. Bellacoola Valley. a valley on the central coast of British Columbia.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Bellacoola1

First recorded in 1830–40; from Heiltsuk (a northern Wakashan language of British Columbia) bə́lxwlá “speakers of Bellacoola”
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Example Sentences

Belgium, neolithic inhabitants of, 451 Bellacoola, the, 363, and map, pp. 334-5 Bengali, the, 547, 550 Beni Amer, the, 483 sq.

This culture is rather complex with tribal variations, but it can be treated under three subdivisions, a northern group, Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian; a central group, the Kwakiutl tribes and the Bellacoola; and a southern group, the Coast Salish, Nootka, Chinook, Kalapooian, Waiilatpuan, Chimakuan and some Athapascan tribes.

Population.—The total Salish population of British Columbia is 12,325, inclusive of the Bellacoola, who number, with the Hailtzuk, 2,500, and those in the list of unclassified, who number 8,522, distributed as follows: Under the Fraser River Agency, 4,986; Kamloops Agency, 2,579; Cowichan Agency, 1,852; Okanagan Agency, 942; Williams Lake Agency, 1,918; Kootenay Agency, 48.

Within the past few years such an instance has been noticed in the case of the Bellacoola language of British Columbia.

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