My Toyota and Tacoma Web Pages: Origin of the name "Tacoma"

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3.2 Origin of the name "Tacoma"

According to the FAQ section of the Toyota.com website under the question of "What do the different Toyota model names mean?", they have:

Tacoma means:

From the Salish Indian word for the mountain that provided water to their tribe (later changed to Mount Rainier). The name suggests images of strength and power.

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