Snohomish

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noun

A member of an indigenous Coast Salish people of North America native to the Puget Sound area of Washington, United States.

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Meanings

nounSnohomish (plural Snohomish or Snohomishes)

plural Snohomishes

  1. A member of an indigenous Coast Salish people of North America native to the Puget Sound area of Washington, United States.

    It was said that the Snuqualmi and Snohomish had no war dance (sqwā'tsᴇb). Yet at the time of the big potlatch in the autumn the Snohomish performed their war dance and each of the tribes that had been invited did the same. In their war dance the Snohomish sang:

    1930 September, Hermann Haeberlin, Erna Gunther, “The Indians of Puget Sound”, in University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, volume 4, number 1, Seattle: University of Washington Press, published 1942, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2020, page 14
proper noun
  1. An indigenous Coast Salish people of North America native to the Puget Sound area of Washington, United States.

    It was said that the Snuqualmi and Snohomish had no war dance (sqwā'tsᴇb). Yet at the time of the big potlatch in the autumn the Snohomish performed their war dance and each of the tribes that had been invited did the same. In their war dance the Snohomish sang:

    1930 September, Hermann Haeberlin, Erna Gunther, “The Indians of Puget Sound”, in University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, volume 4, number 1, Seattle: University of Washington Press, published 1942, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2020, page 14
  2. The dialect of Northern Lushootseed spoken by the Snohomish people.
  3. A city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States, located on the Snohomish River near Puget Sound.
  4. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Snohomish River.
  5. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Snohomish County.

Origin

  1. Lushootseedsduhubš
  2. EnglishSnohomish

Anglicization of Lushootseed sduhubš, the autonym of the Snohomish people, a proper noun derived from Lushootseed stubš (“man”). The exact meaning of the indigenous autonym is debated even among the Snohomish today, but the usual interpretation is that of "man" in the plural, i.e. "men" or "many men".

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

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

Chicago

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

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