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Musqueam
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English
Etymology
From en hur xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmʌskwiəm/
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Noun
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A First Nations group in the Canadian province of British Columbia that speaks the Salishan language known as Halkomelem.
en Akshay Kulkarni Musqueam Nation gives gift of new name for Vancouver's former Trutch Street w:CBC News 2022-09-30 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/trutch-street-renaming-1.6602840 The xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Indian Band has gifted a new name to a street in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood — Musqueamview Street in English and šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm in the Nation's hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language. yəχʷyaχʷələq (Wayne Sparrow), chief of the Musqueam First Nation, spoke at a ceremony that saw Trutch Street renamed to Musqueamview Street in Vancouver on Sept. 30. https://web.archive.org/web/20260909222330/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/trutch-street-renaming-1.6602840 9 September 2026
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