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Sumas

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename:; Ellipsis of Sumas Lake: a former lake in the Fraser Lowland region, shared between British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States, which was drained to create Sumas Prairie. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  2. 2
    Synonym of Suma; the Suma people; the Suma-Jumano
  3. 3
    plural of Suma form-of, plural
  4. 4
    A placename:; Ellipsis of Sumas Prairie:; A flatland in the Fraser Lowland region, shared between British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States.
  5. 5
    Synonym of Suma; the Suma people; the Suma of the Gbaya people
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  1. 6
    A placename:; Ellipsis of Sumas Prairie:; A district of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.
  2. 7
    A placename:; A river in the Fraser Lowland region, whose headwaters originate on American Sumas and flows through British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States; in full, Sumas River.
  3. 8
    A placename:; Ellipsis of Sumas Mountain:; Ellipsis of American Sumas: a mountain in the Skagit Range, Whatcom County, Washington, United States. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  4. 9
    A placename:; Ellipsis of Sumas Mountain:; Ellipsis of Canadian Sumas: a mountain in British Columbia, Canada. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  5. 10
    A placename:; Ellipsis of Sumas Peak: a peak on Canadian Sumas Mountain, British Columbia, Canada. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  6. 11
    A placename:; Ellipsis of District of Sumas: a former district of British Columbia, Canada in the Fraser Lowland, that was merged into Abbotsford; now called Sumas Prairie. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  7. 12
    A placename:; A former district municipality of British Columbia, Canada, that was merged into the city of Abbotsford.
  8. 13
    A placename:; A city in Whatcom County, Washington state, United States.
  9. 14
    Ellipsis of Sumas First Nation, a tribe of Stahlo people, found in the US Pacific Northwest and the British Columbia Lower Mainland of Canada. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  10. 15
    Ellipsis of Sumas Indian Band, a band government governing the Sumas First Nation. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Halkomelem Semá:th, from semá:th (“big level opening”), for the lowland area surrounding Sumas Lake.

Etymology 2

From Suma + -s.

Etymology 3

From Suma + -s.

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