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Yak·ima (yak′ə mô′, -mə)

noun

  1. pl. Yakimas -·mas′ or Yakima -·ma′ a member of a North American Indian people of the Sahaptin group living in the State of Washington
  2. the language of this people, a dialect of Sahaptin

Etymology: < ? Nez Percé yáqamo˙

Yakima2 definition

Yak·ima (yak′ə mô′, -mə)

city in SC Wash.: pop. 72,000

Etymology: after Yakima

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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