| 单词 | Wallawalla |
| 释义 | Wallawalla, n.|wɒləˈwɒlə|
Also Walla-Walla, † Wallahwallah, etc.
[ad. Sahaptin walawala (people of) the little rivers.]
a. (A member of) a North American Indian people inhabiting parts of Oregon and Washington state.
b. The language of these people, a member of the Sahaptin group.
1806M. Lewis Jrnl. 27 Apr. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1991) VII. 173 The principal Cheif of the Wallahwallahs joined us with six men of his nation. 1843F. Marryat Narr. Trav. M. Violet I. ii. 24, I spied thirty scalps on his belt, his leggings and mocassins were sewn with the hair of the Wallah Wallahs. 1846[see Sahaptin n. and a.]. 1850G. Hines Voy. round World 31 Mr. Perkins..applied himself to the acquirement of the Walla-Walla. 1855Santa Barbara (Calif.) Gaz. 15 Nov. 2/4 The Walla Wallas, Nez Perces, Umatillas, Cayuses and Palouses have united, and together they can bring five or six thousand warriors into the field. 1957Encycl. Brit. V. 82/1 [The Cayuse] were closely allied with the Wallawalla and Nez Percés tribes, and there was a great deal of intermarriage, particularly with the latter tribe. 1970Encycl. Americana XXVIII. 293/2 Walla Walla Indians..have been removed to the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon, where some 623 Walla Walla resided in 1960. 1984N.Y. Times 20 May ii. 34/5 Outstanding examples have been identified as the work of Shahaptin women of the Nez Perce, Umatilla, Yakima, Klikitat, Tenino, Wallawalla and Palouse tribes. |
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