KWAKIUTL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kwakiutl mean? 

• KWAKIUTL (noun)
  The noun KWAKIUTL has 2 senses:

1. a member of the Wakashan people living around Queen Charlotte Sound and on northern Vancouver Island

2. a Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakiutl

  Familiarity information: KWAKIUTL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KWAKIUTL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the Wakashan people living around Queen Charlotte Sound and on northern Vancouver Island

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Kwakiutl" is a kind of...):

Wakashan (a member of one of the peoples in British Columbia and Washington who speak the Wakashan language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakiutl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Kwakiutl" is a kind of...):

Wakashan; Wakashan language (a family of North American Indian languages of British Columbia and Washington)