alt. sp. of Kutenai
Origin of Kootenay
see KootenayKootenay
- river flowing from SE British Columbia through Mont. & Ida. into Kootenay Lake, thence into the Columbia River: 407 mi (655 km)also, in the U.S., sp. Koo′te·nai·
- elongated lake in the valley of this river, SE British Columbia: 168 sq mi (435 sq km)
Origin of Kootenay
from a native name from uncertain or unknown; perhapsWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Sentence Examples
- With its expansions, the narrow and deep Arrow lakes, it is an important waterway in the Kootenay region.
- FERNIE, an important city in the east Kootenay district of British Columbia.
- It is the capital of Kootenay county, and the shipping centre for the mining and lumbering district.
Words near Kootenay in the dictionary
- Kootenay
- Kootenay River
- kooyah
- koozie