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Makah

noun Ma·kah \ ˈmä-(ˌ)kä \

Definition of Makah

plural Makah or Makahs
1 : a member of an American Indian people of the Pacific Northwest
2 : the Wakashan language of the Makah people

Origin and Etymology of makah

Clallam (Salishan language of the northern Olympic Peninsula) màq̓áʔa

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