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Yakima

[ yak-uh-muh ]

noun

, plural Yak·i·mas, (especially collectively) Yak·i·ma
  1. a city in southern Washington State.
  2. a river in south central Washington State. 203 miles (327 kilometers) long.
  3. former name of the Yakama and their language (often used attributively).


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Example Sentences

Yakima and Olympia are under a heat advisory, which also stretches through Oregon’s Willamette Valley, including Portland.

This rack from Yakima withstood the roughest roads and made it easy to quickly and securely pack up my bike without having to take off the wheels.

Yakima, an agricultural hub surrounded by orchards amid dry hills, has been hit hard by both the pandemic and the subsequent economic collapse.

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The team can’t yet pinpoint which component of terroir causes the spike in hexyl glucoside at the Yakima site.

Andrew Will Winery (Chris Camarda, winemaker) in Yakima Valley--especially the “Two Blondes.”

Mr. Bergevin cut the ties for this road and drove them down the Yakima river.

He cultivated that place for three years and then took up a homestead in what was Yakima county, now Benton county.

In 1900, seeking the broader opportunities of the west, he made his way to the Yakima country and there remained for twelve years.

And you did not go to Yakima and come back to Seattle to fight for free speech because you were compelled to do so?

They counted on North Yakima and Wenatchee to show violence and arson, and they failed most miserably.

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