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Coeur d'Alene

noun

1. a member of an Amerindian people living in northern Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake

• Hypernyms: ↑Indian, ↑American Indian, ↑Red Indian

2. a town in the northern panhandle of Idaho; popular resort area

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑town

• Part Holonyms: ↑Idaho, ↑Gem State, ↑ID

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\\ˌkərd^əlˈān\ noun (plural coeur d'alene or coeur d'alenes)

Usage: usually capitalized C&A

Etymology: French cœur d'alêne, literally, awl-heart; from a tribal chief's characterization of the size of a trader's heart

1.

a. : a Salishan people of northern Idaho — called also Skitswish

b. : a member of such people

2. : a language of the Coeur d'Alene people

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/kerr' dl ayn"/

1. a member of an Indian people in N Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake.

2. a Salishan language.

3. a city in N Idaho. 20,054.

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[ˌkôr dl'ān]

a commercial and resort city in northwestern Idaho, on Coeur d'Alene Lake, which is fed by the Coeur d'Alene River; pop. 34,514

Useful english dictionary. 2012.