Duwamish

American  

[doo-wah-mish] / ˌduˈwɑ mɪʃ /

noun

PLURAL

Duwamish

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.

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

Example Sentences

Washington has been at the center of aviation since 1916, when Bill Boeing founded his airplane company in a shipyard on Seattle’s Duwamish River.

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Even without a new infrastructure bill, the Seattle port and operators already invested a half-billon dollars to modernize Terminal 5, along Duwamish Waterway near the high bridge.

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Founded 20 years ago to ensure the local community was represented in the Duwamish Superfund site mitigation, it has grown to address larger land-based issues such as displacement due to gentrification.

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Easing access was a just-opened wooden swing bridge across the Duwamish River mud flats, augmenting a streetcar that had served the coastline since 1908.

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Walking home from a coffee shop in her neighborhood next to the Duwamish Waterway on Tuesday, Kaileah Baldwin called Andrew Grant Houston her obvious choice for mayor because his aims align with her own socialist views.

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