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Kalapooia

Kalapooia

9.9
A person from a Native American people of the Willamette Basin in Oregon
  • noun
: Kalapooia
  • The Kalapooia played a vital role in the region's trade networks long before European settlement.

Examples

  • Anthropologists have studied the language and traditions of the Kalapooia people.

  • Several towns in Oregon honor the legacy of the Kalapooia by bearing their name.

  • The Kalapooia people have a rich cultural heritage.

  • Many Kalapooias still practice traditional crafts.

  • Anthropologists have studied the language and traditions of the Kalapooia people.

  • Several towns in Oregon honor the legacy of the Kalapooia by bearing their name.

  • The Kalapooia played a vital role in the region's trade networks long before European settlement.

Synonyms

Kalapuya
vsKalapooia
1 9.9

A person from a Native American tribe that lived in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

has identical meaning but uses a longer vowel sequence in spelling
Calapooya
vsKalapooia
9.9

A Native American people from the Willamette Valley in Oregon

means the same but shows a different spelling pattern
Calapuya
vsKalapooia
9.9

A Native American people from the Willamette Basin in Oregon, United States

is a neutral identity label without focusing on historical habitation

Surface Forms

Kalapooia singular
Kalapooias plural

Etymology

Kalapooia comes from a name in a local Native American language for the people who lived in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. So Kalapooia today means a member of that Indigenous 'people'.