Etymology

Tahoe

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Today it means: A mountain freshwater lake on the border of northern California and Nevada, United States. Full definition →

was daʔaw
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  1. was · borrowed fromdaʔaw“lake”
  2. English todayTahoe

Borrowed from Washo daʔaw (“lake”).

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