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Coos

American  
[koos] / kus /

noun

  1. a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.


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The Coos Forest Protective Association has said helicopter bucket drops have reduced fire activity near the top, while sprinklers and containment lines have been set up around the base.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

The Coquille Restoration Act of 1989 designated five counties — Coos, Curry, Jackson, Douglas and Lane — as the tribe’s service area.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024

In this research, Rivers examined snags near Coos Bay in a pair of study sites that total 7.5 square kilometers in area.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024

“I knew we were making history,” Walsh told The World newspaper of Coos Bay, Oregon, in 2010.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

The work of the Highway Department in Coos County consisted entirely in assistance given the County in the making of surveys and the engineering of construction work done under the County’s bond issue of $362,000.00.

From Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 by Benson, S.