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Chkwe-ges 'Wa-'aag

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Chkwe-ges 'Wa-'aagpn • a sea-stack, the larger of the Turtle Rocks near Patrick's Point

Lexicon record # 175 | Source reference: YG:J13
Semantic domain: place names
Derivation: literally, "seals' rock" (chkwe-ges "hair seal", ha-'aag "rock")

Other places in the Big Lagoon area: Poy-koh 'O Lep, Sue-meeg, 'O Ke-get-'oh, 'O Ke-gey, 'O Ket-'oh, 'O Ket-'uel', 'O Kne-get, 'O Pyuue-weg, 'O Slookw