Klamath

¹ American  

[klam-uhth] / ˈklæm əθ /

noun

plural

Klamaths,

plural

Klamath

1. a member of an American Indian people belonging to the Lutuamian group and located in southern Oregon.

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Klamath ² American  

[klam-uhth] / ˈklæm əθ /

noun

1. a river flowing from SW Oregon through NW California into the Pacific. 250 miles (405 km) long.

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Example Sentences

“We just got the dams removed on the Klamath, and now you want to put another destructive life cycle interrupter in our ocean.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

A California condor known as Ney-gem’ ‘Ne-chweenkah’ — Yurok for “She carries our prayers” — has been flying to a particular spot deep inside Redwood National Park, near Klamath.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

The Butler fire was first reported amid a lightning storm July 3, and has burned more than 22,000 acres in the Six Rivers and Klamath national forests.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2025

The Butler fire, which was reported amid a lightning storm July 3, had burned roughly 8,156 acres in the Six Rivers and Klamath national forests and was completely uncontained as of Monday afternoon, Maznarich said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2025

In the summer of i960 the refuge staff picked up hundreds of dead and dying birds at Tule Lake and Lower Klamath.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson