SINCE 1828
Chemakum
noun
Chem·a·kum
| \ ˈcheməkəm\
variants:
or Chimakum \ ˈchim-
\
plural Chemakum
or Chemakums
or Chimakum
or Chimakums
Definition of Chemakum
1a
: an American Indian people resident on the northeast coast of the Olympic Peninsula of Washington in the nineteenth century
b
: a member of such people
2
: a Chimakuan language of the Chemakum people
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