Duwamish

American  

[doo-wah-mish] / ˌduˈwɑ mɪʃ /

noun

Duwamish plural

1. a member of a Lushootseed-speaking Indigenous people of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Duwamish.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Duwamish
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Duwamish

First recorded in 1855–60 in reference to the Duwamish River; from Lushootseed Dxʷdəwʔabš, Dkhʷ'Duw'Absh “People Inside the Bay” (Elliott Bay), a self-designation