Yakima

American  

[yak-uh-muh] / ˈyæk əˌmə /

noun

plural

Yakimas,

plural

Yakima

1. a city in southern Washington State.

2. a river in south central Washington State. 203 miles (327 kilometers) long.

3. former name of the Yakama and their language (often used attributively).

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Etymology

Origin of Yakima

Yakama ( def. )

Example Sentences

In my case I will be 32 years old, fly fishing the Yakima River as the sun sets—knowing that my wife and 5-year-old child are busy in my streamside home preparing my birthday dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was raised in Yakima, Wash., a two-hour drive from Seattle, and played collegiately at Eastern Washington.

From Los Angeles Times

Before he became a standout for the Rams and a star at Eastern Washington, Cooper Kupp was a hometown hero on the football fields of Yakima, Wash.

From Los Angeles Times

He was undersized and largely unrecruited out of Davis High in Yakima, Wash., where basketball was traditionally a bigger deal.

From Los Angeles Times

Farmers in the Yakima River Basin grow apples, berries, cherries, peaches, pears, corn and much more.

From Seattle Times