Quinault

[ kwi-nawlt ]

noun,plural Qui·naults, (especially collectively) Qui·nault for 1.
  1. a member of an Indigenous people of western Washington State.

  2. the Salishan language of the Quinault.

  1. a river flowing southwest from the Olympic Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. 65 miles (105 km) long.

adjective
  1. of or relating to the Quinault or their language.

Origin of Quinault

1
First recorded in 1865–70; from Quinault kʷínayɬ, kʷinajɬ, the name of a village at the mouth of the Quinault River (now called Taholah)

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