Kalapuyan

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adjective

Of or relating to the Kalapuya people.

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Meanings

adjectiveKalapuyan (comparative more Kalapuyan, superlative most Kalapuyan)

comparative more Kalapuyan · superlative most Kalapuyan

  1. Of or relating to the Kalapuya people.
nounKalapuyan (plural Kalapuyans)

plural Kalapuyans

  1. A member of the Kalapuya people.
proper noun
  1. A small extinct language family that was spoken in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya

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KalapooianKalapuyan languageKalapooian language
Broader
Penutian

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Kalapuya + -an.

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Cite this entry
APA

Kalapuyan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kalapuyan

MLA

“Kalapuyan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kalapuyan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kalapuyan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kalapuyan.

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