Etymology

Snohomish

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Today it means: A member of an indigenous Coast Salish people of North America native to the Puget Sound area of Washington, United States. Full definition →

Lushootseed sduhubš
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  1. Lushootseed · borrowed fromsduhubš
  2. English todaySnohomish

Anglicization of Lushootseed sduhubš, the autonym of the Snohomish people, a proper noun derived from Lushootseed stubš (“man”). The exact meaning of the indigenous autonym is debated even among the Snohomish today, but the usual interpretation is that of "man" in the plural, i.e. "men" or "many men".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.