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Palouse

American  
[puh-loos] / pəˈlus /

noun

  1. a river in NW Idaho and SW Washington, flowing W and S to the Snake River. 140 miles (225 km) long.


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Schulz’s announcement is the latest departure from the Palouse following the announcement on March 25 that men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith had taken the same job at Stanford after a five-year run with the Cougars.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

He has also worked to entice students to the campus in Moscow, a city in a remote area of the state called the Palouse, which is distinctive for its vast rolling hills covered in wheat.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2024

Stanford: The Cardinal showed lots of moxie in wet, ugly conditions on the Palouse.

From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2023

Also known as the Hooper Bridge, the Palouse River Coulee City short-line railroad’s wooden structure was lost in the fire, which began Aug. 18 and was estimated to be around 2,500 acres.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

Palouse is a railroad center of 2,500 people, a large shipping point for grain, live stock, fruits and pottery.

From A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 by Howell, Ithamar