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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(s): YG:J13
Semantic domain: place names
Derivation: literally, "seals' rock" (chkwe-ges "hair seal", ha-'aag "rock")