Hoh
Americannoun
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Also called Chalat’. a member of an Indigenous people of northwestern Washington State originally speaking Quinault but gradually, through intermarriage, coming to speak Quileute.
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a river flowing from Mount Olympus through the Olympic Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. 56 miles (90 km) long.
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Etymology
Origin of Hoh
First recorded in 1865–70; from Quinault Hoxw, Húxw, the name of the river
Example Sentences
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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
It’s that ocean kelp, and also the moss that hangs from the trees in the Hoh Rainforest on the Olympic Peninsula.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2023
Matthew Hoh was a 28-year-old Marine captain assigned to the Pentagon in late 2002, just as then-President George W. Bush was laying the groundwork for war in Iraq.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2023
Joseph & R. Fields returned accompanied by Hoh hast ill pilt and an Second Chief and 4 men Several young men also rode down on this Side.
From The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by Lewis, Meriwether
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