Skagit
/ˈskædʒɪt/noun
A name referring to an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest, their language, and places associated with them in Washington State.
Did you know?Skagit is an anglicized form associated with the Skagit people, whose traditional homelands center on the Skagit River and surrounding Salish Sea region.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-contact period
Lushootseed
sḵax̌ic
“An Indigenous name associated with the Skagit people; the precise original meaning is uncertain in surviving documentation.”
18th–19th Century
Lushootseed
sḵagit / s-kagit
“Recorded or rendered forms of the Indigenous ethnonym in colonial and intercultural contexts.”
19th Century
English
Skagit
“Anglicized spelling used for the people and the Skagit River.”
1883
English
Skagit County
“A Washington territorial county named after the Skagit people and river.”
Modern English
English
Skagit
“A proper name for the Indigenous nation, language, river, valley, county, and related regional institutions.”
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