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Umatilla

  (yū'mə-tĭl'ə) pronunciation
n., pl. Umatilla or -las.
    1. A Native American people of northeast Oregon.
    2. A member of this people.
  2. The dialect of Sahaptin spoken by the Umatilla.

 
 
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(ŭm'ətĭl'ə) , river, c.85 mi (140 km) long, rising in NE Oreg. in the Blue Mts. It flows W past Pendleton, then NW to the Columbia River at the city of Umatilla (1990 pop. 3,046). The Umatilla project taps two of the river's tributaries for irrigation.

 
 

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