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.

Related terms

• Tehachapi Mountains
• Tehachapi Pass