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Yurok
Yurok [ yr ok ] (plural Yurok or Yuroks)


noun 
Definition:
 
member of Native N American people: a member of a Native North American people that live in California, mainly along the northwestern coast and in the lower Klamath River valley
[Mid-19th century. < Karok yúruk 'downstream']

Yurok adjective
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