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Tolowa

Tolowa noun: a member of a particular tribe whose members still reside in their traditional territories in northwestern California and southern Oregon.

Noun

Tolowa (plural Tolowas or Tolowa)

  1. A member of a particular tribe whose members still reside in their traditional territories in northwestern California and southern Oregon.

Proper noun

Tolowa

  1. The Athabaskan language of this tribe.

Forms of Tolowa

pluralTolowas
pluralTolowa

Origin of Tolowa

From a Yurok term: either from tolowechek' (“I speak Tolowa”), or from the Yurok name of their principal town.

Questions about Tolowa

What does Tolowa mean?
Tolowa means a member of a particular tribe whose members still reside in their traditional territories in northwestern California and southern Oregon.
What part of speech is Tolowa?
Tolowa can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Tolowa?
The plural of Tolowa is Tolowas.

Words near Tolowa in the dictionary

  1. tolonidine
  2. tolonium chloride
  3. Tolosa
  4. Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
  5. tolovkite
  6. Tolowa
  7. Tolowas
  8. toloxatone
  9. Toloyao
  10. tolpane
  11. Tolpatch

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