Bellacoola
or Bel·la Coo·la
[ bel-uh-koo-luh ]
/ ˌbɛl əˈku lə /
noun, plural Bel·la·coo·las, (especially collectively) Bel·la·coo·la for 1.
a member of a riverine tribe of North American Indians inhabiting an area near the central coast of British Columbia.
the language of this group, belonging to the Salishan family.
Example sentences from the Web for bellacoola
Of the Bellacoola (Salishan family) and Haeltzuk, of the present family, there are 2,500 who are not under agents.
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico |John Wesley PowellWithin the past few years such an instance has been noticed in the case of the Bellacoola language of British Columbia.
The Number Concept |Levi Leonard ConantIn the immediate vicinity of the Nass are two other languages, the Bellacoola and Chimsyan, of which hardly anything is known.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3 |Hubert Howe Bancroft