noun
Tacoma
tuh-KOH-muh
noun
1
A city in Washington State, and the historic Native American name for Mount Rainier.
"They drove from Seattle down to Tacoma for the weekend."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA place name — a port city near Seattle, Washington.
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Etymology
From Lushootseed təkhoʊʔməʔ, referring to the area around Mount Rainier, meaning roughly "mother of waters."