Definition of Kalapooian

1. Noun. A Penutian language spoken by the Kalapuya.

Exact synonyms: Kalapuyan
Generic synonyms: Penutian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kalapooian

Kakatoe galerita
Kakatoe leadbeateri
Kakemono
Kala Lagaw Ya
Kalaallisut
Kalaallit Nunaat
Kalahari
Kalahari Desert
Kalamazoo
Kalamazooan
Kalamazooans
Kalamazoos
Kalami
Kalanga
Kalapooia
Kalapooian
Kalapuya
Kalapuyan
Kalashnikov
Kalashnikov culture
Kalderash
Kaleb
Kalema
Kalenji
Kalenjin
Kalenjins
Kalevala
Kalgoorlie
Kali
Kali Yuga

Literary usage of Kalapooian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 2/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"kalapooian Family. A group of tribes formerly occupying the valley of Willamette r., N. w. Oreg., and speaking a distinct stock language (see Powell in 7th ..."

2. Indian Linguistic Families of America, North of Mexico by John Wesley Powell (1891)
"... but are a mixture of all the tribes of the original Five Nations. kalapooian FAMILY. ... kalapooian ..."

3. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 1/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"A division of the kalapooian family whose earliest seats, so far as can be ascertained, were the plains of the same name, the hills about Forest Grove, ..."

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