Puyallup

[pyoo-al-uhp]

noun

plural

Puyallups ,

plural

Puyallup .

1. Also called Spuyaləpabš. 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.

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”

Example Sentences

Alicia Hannah-Kim, who joined the Netflix series as Kim Da-Eun in the show’s fifth season, was on her way to her booth when she tapped Kove on the shoulder to say hello in an area where the show’s cast was hanging out, according to a Puyallup Police Department report obtained by The Times.

From Los Angeles Times

Harvard-Westlake 77, Washington Puyallup 45: Joe Sterling scored 20 points and Nikolas Khamenia 17 for the 15-1 Wolverines.

From Los Angeles Times

“How people interpret their emotions and rationalize the threat of climate change might be the determining factor in whether it leads to action or inaction,” Matthew Ballew, an environmental psychologist at Pierce College in Puyallup, Washington, wrote to me in an email.

From Salon

WSF has three of these massive vessels, also including the Puyallup, which are the fleet’s largest and together produce 26% of the ferry system’s greenhouse gas emissions.

From Seattle Times

The statement did not identify the 30-year-old Puyallup man who died after being extricated from his car and taken to a hospital.

From Seattle Times