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Ma·kah | \ ˈmä-(ˌ)kä 
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\ plural Makah or Makahs
Definition of Makah
1 : a member of an American Indian people of the Pacific Northwest
2 : the Wakashan language of the Makah people
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The first known use of Makah was in 1855
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