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Yosemite

yo·se·mite

US/joʊˈsɛmɪti/ uncommon

noun

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a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year

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From Utian yohhe'meti or yos se'meti (“those who kill”), referring to the Miwok tribe that inhabited the Yosemite Valley.

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