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Cowlitz

[ kou-lits ]
/ ˈkaʊ lɪts /
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noun, plural Cow·litz·es, (especially collectively) Cow·litz for 3.
a river in southwestern Washington State, flowing west and south to the Columbia River. 130 miles (209 km) long.
a county in southwestern Washington State. 1,166 sq. mi. (3,021 sq. km).
a member of either of two tribes of Indigenous people of western Washington State traditionally living around the Cowlitz River, the lower tribe speaking a Salishan language and the upper tribe gradually adopting a Sahaptin language through intermarriage with Sahaptin people.
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Origin of Cowlitz

First recorded in 1830–40; a collective geographical term applied by Europeans to several ethnically and linguistic different groups of Indigenous peoples of the Cowlitz River Basin in western Washington State

Words nearby Cowlitz

cowled, Cowley, cowlick, cow lily, cowling, Cowlitz, cowlneck, cowl neckline, cowman, coworker, coworking
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