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tahoma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
tahoma
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A census-designated place in El Dorado County and Placer County, California, United States.

name

Former name of Mount Rainier.

Etymology

From earlier Takhoma (“the area south of Seattle”), borrowed from Lushootseed təˈkhoʊʔməʔ, təlˈkhoʊʔbəʔ, təloʊʔl (the area surrounding Mount Rainier), from təˡqʷuʔbəʔ (“mother of waters”) in a direct reference to Mount Rainier.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: təˈkhoʊʔməʔ

Inflected Forms

Tacoma (alternative)

Questions

What does tahoma mean?
A census-designated place in El Dorado County and Placer County, California, United States.
Where does tahoma come from?
From earlier Takhoma (“the area south of Seattle”), borrowed from Lushootseed təˈkhoʊʔməʔ, təlˈkhoʊʔbəʔ, təloʊʔl (the area surrounding Mount Rainier), from təˡqʷuʔbəʔ (“mother of waters”) in a direct reference to Mount Rainier.

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