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Pit River

[pit]
–noun
a river in N California, flowing S and W from the Modoc Plateau to the Sacramento River. 200 mi. (320 km) long.
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A·cho·ma·wi   (ə-chō'mə-wē')   
n.   pl. Achomawi or A·cho·ma·wis
    1. A Native American people inhabiting northeast California.

    2. A member of this people. Also called Pit River1.

  1. The language of the Achomawi.


[Achomawi ažumaawi, river people (originally referring to a subtribe by the Fall River, California), from ažuma, it flows, river.]
Pit River 1   (pĭt)   
n.  See Achomawi.
Pit River 2   (pĭt)   
A river, about 322 km (200 mi) long, of northern California flowing south and west to the Sacramento River.
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