Cassiar
English
Etymology
Corruption of Kaska. From Kaska. From the Kaska Dena, an Athabaskan-speaking First Nations group of the Dene, who live in the region of Northern British Columbia and Southern Yukon Territory.
Proper noun
Cassiar
- (historical) A ghost town in the Cassiar Mountains, Cassiar Land District, Northern Interior, Interior, Mainland, British Columbia, Canada
- (historical) A former provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada
- (historical) Ellipsis of Cassiar Country A historical region in Mainland, British Columbia, British North America, British Empire
- Ellipsis of Cassiar Mountains A mountain group in the Cassiar Land District, Northern Interior, Interior, British Columbia, Canada, named after the district.
- Synonyms: Cassiars, Cassiar Ranges
- Ellipsis of Cassiar Land District A cadastral division in Northern Interior, Interior, Mainland, British Columbia, Canada, named after the historic Cassiar Country region
- Synonyms: Cassiar County, Cassiar District, Cassiar Country
- Ellipsis of Cassiar River A river in the Cassiar Land District, Northern Interior, Interior, Mainland, British Columbia, Canada
Derived terms
- Cassiar Connector
- Cassiar Country
- Cassiar County
- Cassiar District
- Cassiar Gold Rush
- Cassiar Highway
- Cassiar Land District
- Cassiar Mountains
- Cassiar Ranges
- Cassiar River
- Cassiars
- Cassiar Tunnel