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Kwakiutl

/ˌkwɑkiːˈuːtl̩/noun

Kwakiutl is a noun meaning “Synonym of Kwakwaka'wakw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-W-A-K-I-U-T-L, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Kwakiutl is Kwakiutls.

What does Kwakiutl mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Synonym of Kwakwaka'wakw.

  2. 2

    Synonym of Kwak'wala.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce Kwakiutl?

  • /ˌkwɑkiːˈuːtl̩/
  • /ˌkwɑkˈjuːtl̩/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of Kwakiutl

  • Kwakiutls plural
  • Kwagiulth
  • Kwagiutl
  • Kwagu'ł
  • Kwawkewlth

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is Kwakiutl?

Kwakiutl appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does Kwakiutl come from?

From Kwak'wala Kwagu'ł.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).