# Kamloops

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkæmlups/ · frequency rank #48,842

## Definitions
1. A city, the seat of the Regional District of Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River.
2. Ellipsis of Kamloops Lake: a lake in British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Shuswap tk'əmlúps (“meeting of the rivers”). A derivation from French Camp des Loups (“Camp of Wolves”) is probably a folk etymology.

## Common misspellings (12)
`akmloops`, `kalmoops`, `kamlloops`, `kamloopps`, `kamloopss`, `kamloosp`, `kamlopos`, `kamlops`, `kammloops`, `kamolops`, `kkamloops`, `kmaloops`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kamloops