Yakima

[yak-uh-muh]

noun

plural

Yakimas ,

plural

Yakima .

1. a city in southern Washington State.

2. a river in south central Washington State. 203 miles (327 kilometers) long.

3. former name of the Yakama and their language (often used attributively).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Yakima¹

Yakama ( def. )

Example Sentences

He was raised in Yakima, Wash., a two-hour drive from Seattle, and played collegiately at Eastern Washington.

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Before he became a standout for the Rams and a star at Eastern Washington, Cooper Kupp was a hometown hero on the football fields of Yakima, Wash.

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He was undersized and largely unrecruited out of Davis High in Yakima, Wash., where basketball was traditionally a bigger deal.

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In his keynote speech at the Mainstream Republicans of Washington convention last week in Yakima, Reichert didn’t bring up Trump at all.

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Farmers in the Yakima River Basin grow apples, berries, cherries, peaches, pears, corn and much more.

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