Stillaguamish
/ˌstɪləˈɡwɑːmɪʃ/noun
A name for a Coast Salish people of northwestern Washington State, their language, and the Stillaguamish River.
Did you know?Stillaguamish is an Anglicized form of a Lushootseed name, and historical spellings varied substantially because English-speaking recorders wrote the Indigenous sounds by ear.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-contact period
Lushootseed
stəq̓ʷabš (reconstructed/variantly transcribed)
“A Lushootseed ethnonym traditionally understood as referring to river people; exact historical spelling varies by source.”
19th Century
English records
Stoluck-wha-mish
“An early English-recorded spelling of the Indigenous name.”
19th Century
English records
Stoluckwamish
“Another historical spelling used by English-speaking mapmakers and officials.”
19th Century
English
Stillaquamish
“A later standardized English spelling variant of the tribal and river name.”
Modern English
English
Stillaguamish
“The current common form, used for the Stillaguamish Tribe, language, river, and regional identity.”
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