Tehachapi

English

Etymology

From Kawaiisu tihačipía, from tihaa (“hard”) + čipii- (“to climb”).

Proper noun

Tehachapi

  1. A city in Kern County, California, United States.
  2. Synonym of Kawaiisu (“a Uto-Aztecan language”).
  3. A mountain range in California, United States, separating the Central Valley from the Mojave Desert, part of the Transverse Ranges.
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