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The town is generally called Tẋápniš in the Sahaptin language and is the likely source of the name Toppenish.
The word means ‘ protruded, stuck out ’ and recalls a landslide that occurred on the ridge south of White Swan.
According to William Bright, the name " Toppenish " comes from the Sahaptin word / txápniš /, referring to a landslide, from / txá -/, " accidentally ", /- pni -/, " to launch, to take forth and out ", and /- ša /, " continuative present tense ".
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