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Chkweges 'W-a'aag

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Chkweges 'W-a'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" (chkweges "hair seal", ha'aag "rock")

Other places in the Big Lagoon area: Poykoh 'O Lep, Sumig, 'O Keget'oh, 'O Kegey, 'O Ket'oh, 'O Ket'u'l, 'O Kneget, 'O Pyuuweg, 'O Slookw