What is the name of the Salish dialect term for Mount Rainier?
Takhoma
Rainier
Təˡqʷuʔbəʔ
None of the above
Answer
The nearby Mount Rainier was called təˡqʷuʔbəʔ in the Puget Sound Salish dialect, which was anglicized to “Takhoma”. This is where Tacoma got its name.
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