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kalapuyan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kala-puyan
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the Kalapuya people.

noun

A member of the Kalapuya people.

name

A small extinct language family that was spoken in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon, United States.

Etymology

From Kalapuya + -an.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Kalapuyan (comparative) most Kalapuyan (superlative) Kalapuyans (plural)

Synonyms

kalapooian kalapuyan language kalapooian language

Questions

What does kalapuyan mean?
Of or relating to the Kalapuya people.
Where does kalapuyan come from?
From Kalapuya + -an.

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