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Yurok

Syllabification: (Yu·rok)
Definition of Yurok

noun (plural same or Yuroks)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people of northern California.
  • 2the language of the Yurok, distantly related to Algonquian.

adjective

  • relating to the Yurok or their language.

Origin:

from Karok yúruk, literally 'downstream'

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