Kalapuya

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noun

A member of a Native American ethnic group traditionally living in the Willamette Valley of present-day western Oregon in the United States.

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Meanings

nounKalapuya (plural Kalapuyas or Kalapuya)

plural Kalapuyas · alternative Calapooya

  1. A member of a Native American ethnic group traditionally living in the Willamette Valley of present-day western Oregon in the United States.
proper noun

alternative Calapooya

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Kalapuyan (“language family”).

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna member of the North American Indian people of the Willamette Basin, Oregon

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KalapooiaCalapooyaCalapuya
Broader
Penutian

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

Kalapuya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kalapuya

MLA

“Kalapuya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kalapuya. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kalapuya,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kalapuya.

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