Chimakuan

/tʃɪˈmɑːkuən/ adjective

Relating to or describing the Chimakum people, a Native American tribe of the Pacific Northwest, or their extinct language.

Derived from the ethnonym of the Chimakum people, indigenous to the Olympic Peninsula in present-day Washington State. The term preserves indigenous naming through English anthropological literature.

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