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Palouse

proper noun

  1. river about 140 miles (225 kilometers) long in northwestern Idaho and southeastern Washington flowing west and south into the Snake River
  2. fertile hilly region in eastern Washington and northwestern Idaho north of the Snake and Clearwater rivers
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pəˈluːs/

name

Etymology: Uncertain. Borrowed from French, either from the Sahaptin name of the Palus people or a designation of the region as pelouse.

  1. A major agricultural region of the northwestern United States, encompassing parts of southeastern Washington, north central Idaho and, by some definitions, northeast Oregon.

noun

Etymology: Uncertain. Borrowed from French, either from the Sahaptin name of the Palus people or a designation of the region as pelouse.

  1. A certain Sahaptin tribe.