Cassiar

English

Etymology

Corruption of Kaska. From Kaska. From the Kaska Dena, an Athabaskan-speaking First Nations group of the Dene, who live in the region of Northern British Columbia and Southern Yukon Territory.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cassiar

  1. (historical) A ghost town in the Cassiar Mountains, Cassiar Land District, Northern Interior, Interior, Mainland, British Columbia, Canada.
  2. (historical) A former provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.
  3. (historical) A historical region in northwest British Columbia, Canada, site of an 1870's gold rush; in full, Cassiar Country.
  4. Ellipsis of the Cassiar Mountains: a mountain group in the Cassiar Land District, in northwest British Columbia, Canada, named after the district.
    Synonyms: Cassiars, Cassiar Ranges
  5. Ellipsis of the Cassiar Land District: a cadastral division in northwest British Columbia, Canada, named after the historic Cassiar Country region.
    Synonyms: Cassiar County, Cassiar District, Cassiar Country
  6. A river in the Cassiar Land District, in northwest British Columbia, Canada; in full, Cassiar River.

Derived terms

  • Cassiar Connector
  • Cassiar Country
  • Cassiar County
  • Cassiar District
  • Cassiar Gold Rush
  • Cassiar Highway
  • Cassiar Land District
  • Cassiar Mountains
  • Cassiar Ranges
  • Cassiar River
  • Cassiars
  • Cassiar Tunnel

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