Yurok

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noun

A member of a particular Native American tribe of Northern California.

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Meanings

nounYurok (plural Yuroks or Yurok)

plural Yuroks

  1. A member of a particular Native American tribe of Northern California.
proper noun
  1. The Algic language of these people.

Origin

  1. kyh“downriver [people]”
  2. EnglishYurok

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

More words from kyh

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Translations

Arabic يوروك
  • يوروكperson
Finnish yurok, yurok
  • yurokperson
  • yuroklanguage
French yurok, yurok
  • yurokperson
  • yuroklanguage
German Yurok
  • Yurokperson
Irish Iúróicis
  • Iúróicislanguage
Japanese ユロク人, ユロック人
  • ユロク人 (yuroku-hito)person
  • ユロック人 (yurokku-hito)person
  • ユロク語 (yuroku-go)language
  • ユロック語 (yurokku-go)language

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

KouryYurko
Cite this entry
APA

Yurok. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yurok

MLA

“Yurok.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yurok. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yurok,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yurok.

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