Etymology

Yurok

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Today it means: A member of a particular Native American tribe of Northern California. Full definition →

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  1. kyh · borrowed from“downriver [people]”
  2. English todayYurok

Borrowed from Karok [Term?] (“downriver [people]”), as they live on the Klamath River downstream of the Karuk, whose name means "upriver [people]".

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