Tofino

English

Etymology

Adapted borrowing from Spanish personal name Tofiño.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təˈfiːnoʊ/
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Proper noun

Tofino

  1. A settlement on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    • 2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 88:
      “She picked up and moved to Tofino fifteen years ago.”
    • 2025 March 9, “Indigenous language now included on Ucluelet bus stop signs — a first for B.C. Transit”, in CBC News‎[1]:
      Bus stop signs at all 36 B.C. Transit stops in Tofino, Ucluelet, Long Beach, hitaću, Esowista and Ty-histanis now include both English and Nuu-chah-nulth wording.

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