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Sumas¹

Where it comes from

From Halkomelem Semá:th, from semá:th (“big level opening”), for the lowland area surrounding Sumas Lake.

proper noun Smess · Shemotch

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Sumas Lake: a former lake in the Fraser Lowland region, shared between British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States, which was drained to create Sumas Prairie.
  2. A flatland in the Fraser Lowland region, shared between British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States.
  3. A district of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.

    Similar: District of Sumas, Sumas District

  4. A river in the Fraser Lowland region, whose headwaters originate on American Sumas and flows through British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom County, Washington, United States; in full, Sumas River.
  5. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of American Sumas: a mountain in the Skagit Range, Whatcom County, Washington, United States.
  6. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Canadian Sumas: a mountain in British Columbia, Canada.
  7. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Sumas Peak: a peak on Canadian Sumas Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.
  8. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of District of Sumas: a former district of British Columbia, Canada in the Fraser Lowland, that was merged into Abbotsford; now called Sumas Prairie.
  9. A former district municipality of British Columbia, Canada, that was merged into the city of Abbotsford.
  10. A city in Whatcom County, Washington state, United States.
  11. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Sumas First Nation, a tribe of Stahlo people, found in the US Pacific Northwest and the British Columbia Lower Mainland of Canada.
  12. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Sumas Indian Band, a band government governing the Sumas First Nation.

Sumas²

Where it comes from

From Suma + -s.

proper noun

  1. the Suma-Jumano
  2. the Suma of the Gbaya people

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Suma

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@misc{sumas_2026,
  title = {Sumas},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sumas},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}