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Kalapuya

Kalapuya noun: a member of a Native American ethnic group traditionally living in the Willamette Valley of present-day western Oregon in the United States. Also the alternative form of Kalapuyan.

Noun

Kalapuya (plural Kalapuyas or Kalapuya)

  1. A member of a Native American ethnic group traditionally living in the Willamette Valley of present-day western Oregon in the United States.

Also used as

Kalapuya is also the alternative form of Kalapuyan.

Forms of Kalapuya

pluralKalapuyas
pluralKalapuya
alternative formCalapooya

Words formed from Kalapuya

Questions about Kalapuya

What does Kalapuya mean?
Kalapuya means a member of a Native American ethnic group traditionally living in the Willamette Valley of present-day western Oregon in the United States.
What part of speech is Kalapuya?
Kalapuya is a noun.
What is the plural of Kalapuya?
The plural of Kalapuya is Kalapuyas.

Words near Kalapuya in the dictionary

  1. kalans
  2. Kalao
  3. Kalapooia
  4. Kalapooian
  5. Kalapooians
  6. Kalapuya
  7. Kalapuyan
  8. Kalapuyans
  9. Kalapuyas
  10. kalar
  11. kalarippayattu

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