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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of a Native American people inhabiting northwest California, closely related in culture to the Yurok.
  • noun The Hokan language of the Karok.

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  • proper noun A Native American tribe of Northwestern California.
  • proper noun A member of this tribe.
  • proper noun The Hokan language of these people.

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  • noun the Quoratean language of the Karok
  • noun a member of a North American Indian people of the Klamath river valley in northern California

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Karok káruk, upstream.]

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