Etymology

Tolowa

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Today it means: A member of a particular tribe whose members still reside in their traditional territories in northwestern California and southern Oregon. Full definition →

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The story

From a Yurok term: either from tolowechek' (“I speak Tolowa”), or from the Yurok name of their principal town.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.