Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people inhabiting the coast of British Columbia along the Bella Coola River, a short stream flowing westward into a channel of Queen Charlotte Sound.
- noun The Salishan language of the Bella Coola.
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- proper noun the
Nuxálk language - proper noun the
Nuxálk First Nation
Etymologies
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Examples
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When the alert was upgraded to an advisory, at 1:50 a.m., RCMP officers visited the local dock to see if anyone was there, and the hospital in Bella Coola, which is on the waterfront, called in extra staff in case they had to evacuate.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARK HUME 2011
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There’s a town on the central coast of British Columbia called Bella Coola, B.C. that could probably use a little attention right now.
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If anxieties about flood and famine make you want to stake out a piece of land up Bella Coola way and hunker down with your ...
Ryan Mickle: Age of Stupid: Environmentalism is Alive and Well 2009
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However, there is talk of also shutting down the ferry route due to the fires, and flights in and out of Bella Coola run on a scheduled service by Pacific Coastal out of Vancouver, and seats cost about $350 each way.
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If anxieties about flood and famine make you want to stake out a piece of land up Bella Coola way and hunker down with your ...
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Last week the 53-year-old surveyor was alone in the bush, east of Bella Coola.
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(INAUDIBLE) Gordon Campbell should be fixing roads the roads, one road he should fix is Bella Coola.
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GRAINGER: Last week, the 53-year-old surveyor was alone in the bush east of Bella Coola.
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Leonard Ellis worked as a hunting guide for nearly 30 years around the coastal fishing village of Bella Coola but, after being pressured from conservation groups and bear-viewing tour operators, he says he agreed to sell the groups his hunting rights, effectively ending hunting tourism on his land.
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(Last month, Bella Coola made national news when a forest surveyor walking through the woods alone was mauled by a bear and badly injured.)
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