Wasco

noun

Was·​co

ˈwä(ˌ)skō

plural Wasco or Wascos or Wascoes

1

a

: an American Indian people of northern Oregon

b

: a member of such people

2

: a dialect of Upper Chinook

Word History

Etymology

Wasco wasq'o cup, small bowl; from a cup-shaped rock near their main village always full of water

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