Editing Sequim, Washington (section)

==Etymology==

The name Sequim is derived from the [[Klallam language|Klallam]] word ''sxʷčkʷíyəŋ'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Klallam Language Word List |url=https://klallamlanguage.org/WordList/PLACENAMES.htm |publisher=[[Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe]] |access-date=December 10, 2024}}</ref> which means "hunting ground"<ref name="HistoryLink">{{cite web |last=Arksey |first=Laura |date=May 1, 2008 |title=Sequim and the Sequim-Dungeness Valley — Thumbnail History |url=https://www.historylink.org/file/8555 |work=[[HistoryLink]] |accessdate=December 10, 2024}}</ref> or "place for going to shoot".<ref name="NPR">{{cite news |date=August 4, 2010 |title=Expert: Sequim Doesn't Mean Quiet Waters |url=https://www.npr.org/2010/08/04/128971895/expert-sequim-doesnt-mean-quiet-waters |work=[[Morning Edition]] |publisher=[[NPR]] |access-date=December 10, 2024}}</ref> It was adopted as the name of the settlement in 1879, with the spelling replacing the earlier "Seguim".<ref name="Herald-2002">{{cite news |date=January 6, 2002 |title=Sequim man sees red when others say 'See-kwim' |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/sequim-man-sees-red-when-others-say-see-kwim/ |work=[[The Everett Herald]] |accessdate=December 10, 2024}}</ref> The historic translation of "quiet waters" was disproven in 2010 by linguist [[Timothy Montler]], who had researched the Klallam language and interviewed elders of the [[Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe of Washington|Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Chew |first=Jeff |date=August 3, 2010 |title=Awww, shoot! Sequim doesn't mean 'quiet waters' but good hunting grounds, Klallam language expert says |url=https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/awww-shoot-sequim-doesnt-mean-quiet-waters-but-good-hunting-grounds-klallam-language-expert-says/ |work=[[Peninsula Daily News]] |accessdate=December 10, 2024}}</ref> Sequim is pronounced as one syllable, with the ''e'' elided: "skwim"; a common mispronounciation is "see-kwim".<ref name="Herald-2002"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Nash |first=Matthew |date=January 9, 2019 |title=How do you say Carlsborg? Community discusses -borg vs. -berg |url=https://www.sequimgazette.com/news/how-do-you-say-carlsborg-community-discusses-borg-vs-berg/ |work=[[Sequim Gazette]] |accessdate=December 10, 2024}}</ref>