Hoh

American  

[hoh] / hoʊ /

noun

• Hoh
  plural

1. Also called Chalat’.  a member of an Indigenous people of northwestern Washington State originally speaking Quinault but gradually, through intermarriage, coming to speak Quileute.

2. a river flowing from Mount Olympus through the Olympic Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. 56 miles (90 km) long.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Hoh.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Hoh
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Hoh

First recorded in 1865–70; from Quinault Hoxw, Húxw, the name of the river

Example Sentences

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Hoh

As an example, when the Zonang Lake in Hoh Xil Nature Reserve burst its banks in 2011, the Tibetan Antelope found their migration route blocked.

From Science Daily ● May 27, 2024

Hoh joined forces with Aluwihare’s lab at Scripps, where a microbiology team also provided sediment analysis and a deep-sea biologist helped determine which organisms to sample — and where across Southern California to collect them.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2024

Typically, testing for DDT looks for four to eight chemicals, but a 2016 paper co-authored by Hoh and Aluwihare identified 45 DDT-related chemicals in the blubber of dolphins from off the coast of Southern California.

From Science Daily ● May 6, 2024

Projected on the trees were recorded interviews with Romajean Thomas of the Muckleshoot Tribe; John Halliday of the Muckleshoot, Duwamish, Yakama, and Warm Springs tribes; and Kailer Fisher of the Dine, Hopi, and Hoh tribes.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

Once in every year the chief priests of each separate subordinate state confess their sins in the presence of Hoh.

From Ideal Commonwealths by Sir Saint Thomas More