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Tahoma

Tahoma proper noun: a census-designated place in El Dorado County and Placer County, California, United States.

Proper noun

Tahoma

  1. A census-designated place in El Dorado County and Placer County, California, United States.
  2. Former name of Mount Rainier.

Forms of Tahoma

alternative formTacoma

Origin of Tahoma

From earlier Takhoma (“the area south of Seattle”), borrowed from Lushootseed təˈkhoʊʔməʔ, təlˈkhoʊʔbəʔ, təloʊʔl (the area surrounding Mount Rainier), from təˡqʷuʔbəʔ (“mother of waters”) in a direct reference to Mount Rainier.

Questions about Tahoma

What does Tahoma mean?
Tahoma means a census-designated place in El Dorado County and Placer County, California, United States.
What part of speech is Tahoma?
Tahoma is a proper noun.

Words near Tahoma in the dictionary

  1. Tahoe Vista
  2. Tahoka
  3. Tahoka daisies
  4. Tahoka daisy
  5. Taholah
  6. Tahoma
  7. tahona
  8. tahonas
  9. tahor
  10. tahou
  11. tahr

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