Tahoma, framed by the bridge
Tahoma, framed by the bridge
Shot on a Pixel 8 Pro, telephoto lens.
Tahoma is more commonly known by the coloniser name of Mount Rainier.
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Tahoma is the origination of the name from the Puyallup with variants Tacobet, Takhomat.
Puyallup can be pronounced Pü-al-up, or Pooey-loop; depending on if you live there or go to a rival school
See also: Tacoma Aroma
Source: child of colonists
Edit: beautiful shot ❤️
Oh is Puyallup the name of a group? I've seen it on maps and always wondered about it because it looks soooo much like an indigenous australian place name from the southwest of Western Australia.
The 'up' suffix is a common place marker in some Noongar dialects, so it's very common in town, suburb or neighbourhood names. The rest of the word fits so well as well. For example there's a Mullyalup, which is pretty dang close.
Neat! Puyallup tribe, yup. Now home to the Western Washington Fair, the largest state fair on the west coast!
Fun fact: it was built on the site where we housed the Japanese US citizens in WWII internment camps, even though they were US citizens.
...maybe not so much a fun fact
Tribe, got it! And it looks like they're Salishan speakers - that's an incredibly interesting language family.
The PNW had a very rich tribal history
See also: Tacoma Aroma
Unfortunately (fortunately??) the city quit being smelly long before I moved here. My roommate who has lived here since the 90s remembers it though!
Yeah, i noticed that when I went back a few years ago.