Makah

noun

Ma·​kah ˈmä-(ˌ)kä How to pronounce Makah (audio)
1
plural Makah or Makahs : a member of an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest coast residing in northwestern Washington state
2
: the Wakashan language of the Makah people

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The track is a collaboration with tribal group the Makah Singers and was written and recorded for NBC/Peacock nature series The Americas, which premiered this week. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025 The Skokomish, Klallam, Makah, Quileute, Hoh, Queets, and Quinault people's traditional land borders and lies within this national park; today, eight Olympic Peninsula tribes live nearby and maintain a relationship to it. — Kayla Brock, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 May 2023

Word History

Etymology

Clallam (Salishan language of the northern Olympic Peninsula) màq̓áʔa

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of Makah was in 1854

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