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Kalapuyan

Kalapuyan adjective: of or relating to the Kalapuya people.

Adjective

Kalapuyan (comparative more Kalapuyan, superlative most Kalapuyan)

  1. Of or relating to the Kalapuya people.

Noun

Kalapuyan (plural Kalapuyans)

  1. A member of the Kalapuya people.

Proper noun

Kalapuyan

  1. A small extinct language family that was spoken in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon, United States.

Forms of Kalapuyan

Adjective
comparativemore Kalapuyan
superlativemost Kalapuyan
Noun
pluralKalapuyans

Origin of Kalapuyan

From Kalapuya + -an.

Questions about Kalapuyan

What does Kalapuyan mean?
Kalapuyan means of or relating to the Kalapuya people.
What part of speech is Kalapuyan?
Kalapuyan can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Kalapuyan in the dictionary

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

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