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Mattole

Mattole noun: a group of Native Americans in California, whose traditional lands were along the Mattole and Bear Rivers near Cape Mendocino in Humboldt County.

Noun

Mattole pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A group of Native Americans in California, whose traditional lands were along the Mattole and Bear Rivers near Cape Mendocino in Humboldt County.

Proper noun

Mattole

  1. An extinct Athabaskan language once spoken by the Mattole.

Questions about Mattole

What does Mattole mean?
Mattole means a group of Native Americans in California, whose traditional lands were along the Mattole and Bear Rivers near Cape Mendocino in Humboldt County.
What part of speech is Mattole?
Mattole can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Mattole in the dictionary

  1. Mattockses
  2. mattoid
  3. mattoids
  4. mattoir
  5. mattoirs
  6. Mattole
  7. Mattoon
  8. Mattoons
  9. Mattos
  10. Mattoses
  11. mattowacca

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