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Esquimalt
[ ih-skwahy-mawlt ]
noun
- a Royal Canadian naval base and seaport in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island: a suburb of Victoria, the provincial capital.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Esquimalt1
First recorded in 1875–80; an English approximation of Esquimalt (a Coast Salish language) x̣ʷiméɫǝɫ “place of gradual shoaling”
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