Puyallup

[ pyoo-al-uhp ]

noun,plural Puy·al·lups, (especially collectively) Puy·al·lup for 1.

Also called Spuyaləpabš [spoo-yahl-uh-pahbsh] /ˌspuˈyɑl ə pɑbʃ/ . a member of a Lushootseed-speaking North American Indian tribe living in the Puget Sound area of Washington State.
a city in western Washington State, southeast of Tacoma.

adjective

of or relating to the Puyallup.

Origin of Puyallup

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”

Words Nearby Puyallup

How to use Puyallup in a sentence

As we drew off from the mouth of the Puyallup River, numerous parties of Indians were in sight.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail | Ezra Meeker
A strong military force had penetrated the Indian country—the upper Puyallup valley and beyond.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail | Ezra Meeker
Here we lived and farmed for forty-one years, seeing the town of Puyallup grow up on and around the homestead.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail | Ezra Meeker
Again we must start in life, and we moved to a new location, a homestead in the Puyallup valley.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail | Ezra Meeker
Such are some of the changes wrought in fifty years since pioneer life began in the Puyallup valley.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail | Ezra Meeker

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