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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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Smith, who took the WSU job ahead of the 2019 season, ushered in a hoops revival on the Palouse.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 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

We all know what they are: the majestic Cascade Range, towering evergreens, glorious rivers, the wide Palouse, the east-side shrub-steppe.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

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

From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2023

Nothing daunted, however, he induced a Nez Percé woman to guide the party from the Palouse to the Lolo trail, from which they reached an unfrequented valley on the north fork of the Clearwater.

From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison