Okanagan

/ (ˌəʊkəˈnɑːɡən) /

noun

a river in North America that flows south from Okanagan Lake in Canada into the Columbia River in NE Washington, US Length: about 483 km (300 miles) Also (US): Okanogan

Also: Okanogan, Okinagan a member of a North American Indian people living in the Okanagan River valley in British Columbia and Washington

Also: Okanogan, Okinagan the language of this people, belonging to the Salish family

Example sentences from the Web for okanagan

Much attention has been given to fruit raising, especially in the Okanagan valley.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 |Various
A plume of aromatic smoke floated across the clearing and Okanagan Bob squatted by the fire.

Northwest! |Harold Bindloss
He prefers this lake to the neighbouring Okanagan Lake, but stated that the same fish were to be found in both.

Fishing in British Columbia |Thomas Wilson Lambert
Okanagan Bob went about with a coal-oil can, and Jimmy drove the red oxen that hauled loads of brush.

Northwest! |Harold Bindloss

Laura said Stannard had gone to climb a famous peak and admitted that he had taken Okanagan.

Northwest! |Harold Bindloss

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Okanagan

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