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Yakama
Yakama [ yákəmə ] (plural Yakama or Yakamas)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. member of Native N American people: a member of a Native North American people of south-central Washington State
2. Yakama language: the Penutian language of the Yakama people. Native speakers: 3,000.
[Mid-19th century. < Sahaptin]

Yakama adjective
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