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Nampa

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Located in SW Idaho; was a desert hamlet until irrigated farming changed eeconomy; named for Shoshoni Indian chief Nampuh (Bigfoot).
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);

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