Achomawi

noun

Acho·​ma·​wi

ə-ˈchō-mə-ˌwē

variants or Achumawi

ə-ˈchü-mə-ˌwē

plural Achomawi or Achomawis or Achumawi or Achumawis

1

a

: an Indian people of the Pit river valley in northern California

b

: a member of such people

2

: a Shastan language of the Achomawi people

Word History

Etymology

Achomawi, from achóma river

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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