Ucluelet

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Nootka yuułuʔiłʔatḥ, from yuułuʔił +‎ -ʔatḥ.

Noun

Ucluelet sg or pl (plural Ucluelet)

  1. A First Nation group based on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, on the northwest side of Barkley Sound.
    • 2025 March 9, “Indigenous language now included on Ucluelet bus stop signs — a first for B.C. Transit”, in CBC News:
      Residents of Hitac̓u, the heart of the Ucluelet First Nation, have been told not to drink, bathe in, or even clean with the water coming out of their taps.

Proper noun

Ucluelet

  1. A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada, on the Ucluelet Peninsula on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
    • 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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