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Puyallup

[ pyoo-al-uhp ]

noun

, plural Puy·al·lups, (especially collectively) Puy·al·lup
  1. Also called Spuyaləpabš [spoo-, yahl, -, uh, -pahbsh]. a member of a Lushootseed-speaking North American Indian tribe living in the Puget Sound area of Washington State.
  2. a city in western Washington State, southeast of Tacoma.


adjective

  1. of or relating to the Puyallup.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Puyallup1

First recorded in 1870–75 (referring to the Puyallup River); from a dialect of Southern Lushootseed twulshootseed (also txʷǝlšucid ), literally “generous and welcoming behavior to all who enter our lands”
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Example Sentences

As we drew off from the mouth of the Puyallup River, numerous parties of Indians were in sight.

A strong military force had penetrated the Indian country—the upper Puyallup valley and beyond.

Here we lived and farmed for forty-one years, seeing the town of Puyallup grow up on and around the homestead.

Again we must start in life, and we moved to a new location, a homestead in the Puyallup valley.

Such are some of the changes wrought in fifty years since pioneer life began in the Puyallup valley.

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