Sumas

See also: sumas and sumás

English

Etymology 1

From Halkomelem Semá:th, from semá:th (“big level opening”), for the lowland area surrounding Sumas Lake.

Alternative forms

• Smess, Shemotch

Proper noun

Sumas

1. A placename
   1. Ellipsis of Sumas Lake.; A former lake in Fraser Lowland, Cascades Range, North American Cordillera, North America, Americas, shared between Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom, Washington, United States, that was drained to create Sumas Prairie
   2. Ellipsis of Sumas Prairie.
      1. A flatland in Fraser Lowland, Cascades Range, North American Cordillera, North America, Americas, shared between Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom, Washington, United States
      2. A district of the City of Abbotsford, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada

         Synonyms: (former name) District of Sumas, Sumas District

   3. Ellipsis of Sumas River.; A river in Fraser Lowland, Cascades Range, North American Cordillera, North America, Americas, whose headwaters originate on American Sumas, and flows in the Fraser Lowland, between Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom, Washington, United States
   4. Ellipsis of Sumas Mountain.
      1. Ellipsis of American Sumas.; A mountain in Whatcom, Washington, United States, in the Skagit Range, Cascades Range, North American Cordillera, North America, Americas
      2. Ellipsis of Canadian Sumas.; A mountain in Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada, in the Fraser Lowland, Cascades Range, North American Cordillera, North America, Americas
   5. Ellipsis of Sumas Peak.; A mountain peak in Canadian Sumas, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada, in the Fraser Lowland, Cascades Range, North American Cordillera, North America, Americas
   6. Ellipsis of District of Sumas.; A former district of Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada, in the Fraser Lowland, that was merged into Abbotsford; Former name of Sumas Prairie.
   7. A former district municipality of Fraser Lowland, Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada, that was merged into Abbotsford
   8. A city in Whatcom County, Washington state, United States
   9. A border crossing in North America, between Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada and Whatcom, Washington, United States
2. Ellipsis of Sumas First Nation.; a tribe of Stahlo people, found in the US Pacific Northwest and the British Columbia Lower Mainland of Canada
3. Ellipsis of Sumas Indian Band.; a band government governing the Sumas First Nation

Derived terms

• American Sumas
• Canadian Sumas
• Chilliwack-Sumas
• District of Sumas
• Sumas Canal
• Sumas District
• Sumas First Nation
• Sumas-Huntingdon
• Sumas Indian Band
• Sumas Lake
• Sumas Mountain
• Sumas Peak
• Sumas Prairie
• Sumas River
• Upper Sumas
• Upper Sumas 6

 

Translations

"Sumas"

• French: Sumas
• Halkomelem: Semá:th
• Nooksack: Semáts

Etymology 2

Suma +‎ -s

Proper noun

Sumas

1. Synonym of Suma; the Suma people
   1. the Suma-Jumano
   2. the Suma of the Gbaya people

Proper noun

Sumas

1. plural of Suma