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View Name: Wickaninnish


WICKANINNISH
GENDER: Masculine
PRONOUNCED: wik-ə-NIN-ish (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Possibly means "having no one in front of him in the canoe" in the Nuu-chah-nulth (or Nootka) language. This was the name of a chief of the Clayoquot in the late 18th century, at the time of European contact.
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