Hoh

American  

[hoh] / hoʊ /

noun

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

Inflected Forms

noun

• Hoh
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Hoh

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

Example Sentences

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

"We are still seeing this DDT contamination in deep-sea organisms and ocean sediments more than 50 years after they were dumped there," said Hoh.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2024

The beloved Hoh River Trail is the best of them.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2023

Hoh said he became disillusioned and embittered by the wars and occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the traumatic tolls they have taken on those involved.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2023

At length the triumvirs confess their sinfulness to Hoh himself, who forthwith recognizes the kinds of sins that are harmful to the state, and succours with timely remedies.

From Ideal Commonwealths by More, Thomas, Sir, Saint