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| Placename | Meaning | County/region | State/province | Type | USGS Quad/NTS topo | Latitude | Longitude | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yakawawa Canyon | "it talks" | Whitman | WA | valley | Granite Point | 46.576°N | 117.288°W | yaka means "it, he, she", wawa is "speech" or "to talk". Presumably named because the canyon's river is loud, or there's an echo |
| Yukwah Recreation Site | "here", "this place", "this thing here" | Linn | OR | locale | Upper Soda | 44.400°N | 122.337°W | usually yukwa |
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