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单词 Kootenai
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Kootenai

noun

Koo·​te·​nai ˈkü-tə-ˌnā How to pronounce Kootenai (audio)
-ˌnē
variants or Kutenai
plural Kootenai or Kootenais
1
: a member of an American Indian people of the Rocky Mountains in both the U.S. and Canada
2
: the language of the Kootenai people

Word History

Etymology

ultimately from Kootenai ktunaxa, a self-designation of some Canadian Kootenai

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Geographical Definition

Kootenai

geographical name

Koo·​te·​nai ˈkü-tə-ˌnā How to pronounce Kootenai (audio)
-tə-nē
variants or in Canada Kootenay
river 407 miles (655 kilometers) long in southwestern Canada and northwestern U.S.; rises in British Columbia, flows south into Montana, west and north through Idaho, and back into British Columbia, where it goes through Kootenay Lake (65 miles, or 104 kilometers, long) into the Columbia River
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