Kitsilano
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English
Etymology
Named by Charles Hill-Trout, from an Anglicization of the Squamish X̱ats'alanexw, a personal name, after August Jack Khatsahlano.[1][2][3]
Proper noun
Kitsilano (uncountable)
- A neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Synonym: Kits (informal)
References
- ^ Matthews, James Skitt (2011) Narrative of Pioneers of Vancouver, BC Collected During 1931-1932: Early Vancouver, volume 1, Vancouver, pages 21-22
- ^ Jesse Donaldson, "How Land Grabs Pushed the Original Inhabitants of Kits Beach Off Their Land", Montecristo Magazine, 7 August 2020
- ^ Angela Sterritt, "The little-known history of Squamish Nation land in Vancouver", CBC News, 21 April 2019