Quileute

American  

[kwil-yoot, kwil-uh-yoot] / ˈkwɪl yut, ˈkwɪl ə yut /

noun

plural

Quileutes,

plural

Quileute

1. a member of an Indigenous people of western Washington State.

2. the language of the Quileute, also spoken by the Hoh.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Quileute or their language.

Etymology

Origin of Quileute

First recorded in 1890–95; from Quilleute (a language of the extinct Chimakuan family of languages formerly spoken on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State) kʷoʔlí·yot’, the name of a village at La Push, a small unincorporated community located at the mouth of the Quillayute River in Clallam County, Washington State

Example Sentences

This past summer, even sopping Sasquatch bergs such as Quileute on the Olympic Peninsula have seen only 42% of normal rainfall since June, with just a little over 3 inches recorded at the Quileute Airport.

From Seattle Times

The Quileute Tribe declared a fishery resource disaster after an algal bloom shut down its Dungeness harvest in 2015.

From Seattle Times

Olympic National Park received $385,771 to fund projects including the development of a Native Conservation Corps program by youth members of the Quileute Tribe, the Terminus glacier memorial project, the Adventures in Your Big Backyard youth program and elk monitoring in the Hoh Rain Forest, according to WNPF.

From Seattle Times

On the Olympic Peninsula, Braden recommends the Kalaloch Lodge, Quileute Oceanside Resort or Chito Breach Resort as stellar places to watch storms during the Washington winter.

From Seattle Times

A handful of schools in the state use tribal languages for their programs, like Makah, Lushootseed and Quileute.

From Seattle Times