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yurok

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
yurok
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a particular Native American tribe of Northern California.

name

The Algic language of these people.

Etymology

Borrowed from Karok [Term?] (“downriver [people]”), as they live on the Klamath River downstream of the Karuk, whose name means "upriver [people]".

Inflected Forms

Yuroks (plural)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Yurok terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Yurok terms

Questions

What does yurok mean?
A member of a particular Native American tribe of Northern California.
Where does yurok come from?
Borrowed from Karok [Term?] (“downriver [people]”), as they live on the Klamath River downstream of the Karuk, whose name means "upriver [people]".

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