Tahoma

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A census-designated place in El Dorado County and Placer County, California, United States.
  2. 2
    Former name of Mount Rainier.

Etymology

From earlier Takhoma (“the area south of Seattle”), borrowed from Lushootseed təˈkhoʊʔməʔ, təlˈkhoʊʔbəʔ, təloʊʔl (the area surrounding Mount Rainier), from təˡqʷuʔbəʔ (“mother of waters”) in a direct reference to Mount Rainier.

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