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Yakama

Yak·a·ma [ ˈya-kə-ˌmȯ]

Yakama

noun

[ˈya-kə-ˌmȯ]

variants: or Yakima

Definition of Yakama

1 : a member of a group of Sahaptin peoples of the lower Yakima River valley, south central Washington

2 : the language of the Yakama people

First Known Use of Yakama

1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for Yakama

earlier Eyakima, the Yakima River, Yakamas, perhaps from Sahaptin iyakíma, literally, pregnant ones

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