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snoqualmie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables
sno-qualmie
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of an indigenous Coast Salish people of North America native to the Snoqualmie and Skykomish river valleys of central Washington.

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The dialect of Southern Lushootseed spoken by the Snoqualmie people.

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Ellipsis of Snoqualmie Indian Tribe.

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Ellipsis of Snoqualmie River.

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Ellipsis of Snoqualmie Pass.

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Ellipsis of Snoqualmie Mountain.

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Ellipsis of Snoqualmie Falls.

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Ellipsis of The Summit at Snoqualmie, a ski resort located at Snoqualmie Pass, Washington.

Etymology

Anglicization of Lushootseed sdukʷalbixʷ (“people of the moon”), the autonym of the Snoqualmie people, a proper noun derived from Lushootseed sɬukʷalb (“moon”). In early maps of the Pacific Northwest, the indigenous etymon was anglicized as "Snoqualmoo", a spelling no longer used.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sdukʷalbixʷ

Inflected Forms

Snoqualmies (plural) Snuqualmie (alternative) Snoqualmoo (alternative)

Questions

What does snoqualmie mean?
A member of an indigenous Coast Salish people of North America native to the Snoqualmie and Skykomish river valleys of central Washington.
Where does snoqualmie come from?
Anglicization of Lushootseed sdukʷalbixʷ (“people of the moon”), the autonym of the Snoqualmie people, a proper noun derived from Lushootseed sɬukʷalb (“moon”). In early maps of the Pacific Northwest, the indigenous etymon was anglicized as "Snoqualmoo", a spelling no longer used.

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