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kalapuya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kala-puya
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a Native American ethnic group traditionally living in the Willamette Valley of present-day western Oregon in the United States.

name

Alternative form of Kalapuyan (“language family”).

Inflected Forms

Kalapuyas (plural) Calapooya (alternative)

Derived Forms

Kalapuyan

Synonyms

kalapooia calapooya calapuya

Questions

What does kalapuya mean?
A member of a Native American ethnic group traditionally living in the Willamette Valley of present-day western Oregon in the United States.

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