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==Etymology== The name Clatsop comes from {{Lang|chh|tɬác̓əp}},{{Efn|Also {{lang|chh|ɬác̓p}}}} meaning "those who have pounded salmon".{{Sfn|Silverstein|1990|p=545}} It was originally the name of a single settlement, later applied to the tribe as a whole.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Deur |first=Douglas |date=Winter 2016 |title=The Making of Seaside's "Indian Place": Contested and Enduring Native Spaces on the Nineteenth Century Oregon Coast |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5403/oregonhistq.117.4.0536 |journal=Oregon Historical Quarterly |volume=117 |issue=4 |pages=538-539 |jstor= 10.5403/oregonhistq.117.4.0536}}</ref> Clatsop has also been spelled Clapsott, Clapsot, Clotsop, Cladsap, Clatsap, Clatsup, Klatsup, and Latsop.{{Sfn|Silverstein|1990|p=545}} The Clatsop were also called by the [[Lower Chinook people|Lower Chinook]] and [[Kathlamet]] {{Lang|chh|tɬák̓ilak}}, meaning "where there is pounded salmon", deriving from the main Clatsop village, {{Lang|chh|niák̓ilaki}}.{{Sfn|Silverstein|1990|p=545}}
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