Klamath

¹ American  

[klam-uhth] / ˈklæm əθ /

noun

plural

Klamaths,

plural

Klamath

1. a member of an American Indian people belonging to the Lutuamian group and located in southern Oregon.

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Klamath ² American  

[klam-uhth] / ˈklæm əθ /

noun

1. a river flowing from SW Oregon through NW California into the Pacific. 250 miles (405 km) long.

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Example Sentences

Bonham’s colleagues have publicly praised him for overseeing the removal of four dams along the Klamath River, leading to a salmon renaissance in their historic habitat.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

In December 1964, when Stremberg was in high school, a major flood wiped out a Highway 101 bridge over the Klamath River, as well as much of the eponymous town.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

With the bridge out, the boys rode a bus to the river, boarded jet boats, and met another bus on the other side of the water to reach their rivals’ gyms south of Klamath.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

The Butler fire was first reported amid a lightning storm July 3, and has burned more than 22,000 acres in the Six Rivers and Klamath national forests.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2025

The irrigation waters, recollected from the fields they have served, are then pumped into Tule Lake and from there to Lower Klamath.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson