Hoh

American  

[hoh] / hoʊ /

noun

plural

Hoh

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.

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

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

My car broke down around sunset in the middle of the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park the other day, and I was told the tow driver wouldn’t be able to arrive before midnight.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023

Hoh worried it would be over before his tour at the Pentagon freed him up to head to combat, and he’d miss his chance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2023

You can read how the Cheyennes were saved from the Hoh by a dog, in a book by George Bird Grinnell, called theFighting Cheyennes.

From The Trail Book by Austin, Mary Hunter