Coeur d'Alene

Or Coeur d'A·lêne

[kur dl-eyn, kawr dl-eyn]

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noun

plural

Coeur d'Alenes ,

plural

Coeur d'Alene .

Also called ��󾱳ٲ��’u��.��a member of an Indigenous people in northern Idaho and southern Washington State around Coeur d'Alene Lake.
Also called Schitsu'umshtsn.��the Salishan language of the Coeur d'Alene.
a city in northern Idaho.

adjective

of or relating to the Coeur d'Alene or their language.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Coeur d'Alene¹

First recorded in 1804–06 in the Lewis and Clark expedition; from French Coeur d'Alêne “heart of (an) awl,” of disputed meaning; possibly applied by French traders to a stingy tribal chief, possibly applied by a tribal chief's description of the size of a French trader's heart, or possibly referring to the sharpness of the trading skills of the native people in their dealings with the traders

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Two firefighters were killed and a third injured on Sunday after a gunman shot at them as they arrived at a blaze at Canfield Mountain, just north of Coeur d'Alene.

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Residents have been asked to avoid the city of Coeur d'Alene as the suspect is still at large.

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An Idaho woman who was dragged from a Republican town hall in Coeur d'Alene in February plans to sue the county sheriff and private security firm responsible for her upsetting removal.

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During a GOP town hall at Coeur d'Alene High School, Teresa Borrenpohl called out, “Is this a lecture or a town hall?”

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We see that in a place like Idaho that we talk about: an LGBTQ+ event in Coeur d'Alene.

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