Kaweah is a word in the ancient
Yokuts language
Yokuts, formerly known as Mariposa, is an endangered language spoken in the interior of Northern and Central California in and around the San Joaquin Valley by the Yokuts people. The speakers of Yokuts were severely affected by disease, mission ...
that means "crow" or "raven cry".
Kaweah may also refer to:
Bodies of water
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Kaweah River
The Kaweah River is a river draining the southern Sierra Nevada in Tulare County, California in the United States. Fed primarily by high elevation snowmelt along the Great Western Divide, the Kaweah begins as four forks in Sequoia National Park ...
in Tulare County, California
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Lake Kaweah, a lake near Lemon Cove in Tulare County, California.
Mountains
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Mount Kaweah, a mountain of the Kaweah peaks ridge of California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park.
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Black Kaweah, a mountain of the Kaweah peaks ridge of California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park.
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Red Kaweah, a mountain of the Kaweah peaks ridge of California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park.
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Kaweah Queen, a mountain of the Kaweah peaks ridge of California's Sierra Nevada, in Sequoia National Park.
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Kaweah Gap, a pass through the Great Western Divide, in Sequoia National Park, California.
Other
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Kaweah Indian Nation
The Kaweah Indian Nation, Inc., was a civic group interested in cultivating a Native American identity. The group is named after the Kaweah people and has applied for status as a federally recognized tribe in the USA in the 1980s, a petition which ...
, a civic group interested in Native American interests.
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Kaweah Colony
The Kaweah Colony was a utopian socialist community in central California founded in 1886, with a name meaning "here we rest." Located in the Sierra Nevada range, they lived near groves of giant sequoia trees. The colony officially disbanded in ...
, a utopian Socialist community in central California during the 1880s.
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USS Kaweah (AO-15)
USS ''Kaweah'' (AO-15) was the lead ship of her class of fleet replenishment oilers in the United States Navy.
''Kaweah'' was launched in 1919 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, under USSB account; acquired by the Navy 20 October 1921; a ...
, a replenishment oiler ship in the United States Navy.
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Kaweah Bar
Known as the Palomino Express, Kaweah Bar (1966 - 1976) racked up impressive stats on the Quarter Horse racetracks.Nye ''Great Moments in Quarter Racing History'' pp. 222–225
Life
Kaweah Bar was the son of Alamitos Bar and out of Angie Miss. ...
, a racing horse.
See also
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Cahuilla (disambiguation)
The Cahuilla are a Native American people of Southern California.
Cahuilla may also refer to:
* Cahuilla, California, an unincorporated community in Riverside County, California
* Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians of the Cahuilla Reservation
*Cahu ...
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Coahuila
Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico.
Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...
, a state of Mexico
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