Sooke
/ˈsuːk/noun
Sooke is a noun meaning “Coast Salish people of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-O-O-K-E, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Sooke mean?
noun
- 1
Coast Salish people of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Sooke?
- /ˈsuːk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Sooke?
Sooke appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th 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 Sooke come from?
Derived from the Klallam name súʔukʷ for the area around Sooke Harbor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).